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Thread #90750   Message #1730910
Posted By: Janie
30-Apr-06 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: The History of England part one.
Subject: RE: BS: The History of England part one.
Lady of the smoking fiddle?

    Sorcha was the main goddess in the Chufle pantheon. Sorcha was the Goddess of Fire. There are many legends about Sorcha--she was always depicted playing a fiddle, often so intensely that smoke would arise from the bow. One story fragment about Sorcha refers to her great amusement at the antics of the giant chickens, who apparently adored her. She was said to have found the chickens to be so funny that she would literally collapse on the floor in laughter.

Chufles would leave tokens of adoration to Sorcha at small shrines found along ancient roadways throughout Britain. The tokens were called chits. The Picts referred to them as Chufle Chit. The Romans referred to them as chicken chit.

Janie