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Thread #64380   Message #1055039
Posted By: Gareth
16-Nov-03 - 07:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: The spirit of reconciliation
Subject: RE: BS: The spirit of reconciliation
Aaaah - Lttle Hawk, I weep

I try to make a pun out of Celtic and Mother Earth History, and it goes astray !!!!

Wicker = The cages the Cymry built to burn thier sacrificial animals, and tribal enemies in.

Wicca - The ancient earth goddess (= Mother Earth) a religion akin to druidism.

Or to get it into a musical contect - here are two verses abstracted fron the "Give Me that Old time Religion" website Click 'Ere

"Oh the Welsh gods, -you- announce 'em
Asking my gods to renounce 'em      
But our gods, I can't pronounce 'em
Being tongue-tied's not for me!      

Wrap your sacrifice in wicker         
It will make the flames burn quicker   
Tho the smell makes some folks sicker
It's still good enough for me! "


And no it is not true thatr my comotes symble is a Sheep. We have better things to do with the 'Woolly Backs' than burn them.

Gareth (aka Garydd ap Godfri ap Ben ... Continue for several hundred ancestors) - Or Click 'Ere

Why we Brits bothered to defend you from American Aggression in 1812 ...... etc **BG**