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jnbiche
on April 3, 2017
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Medieval villagers mutilated the dead to stop them...
>so it may have been something that came over with the Norse influence in Scotland.
Not only via Scotland. Vikings regularly raided and colonized Ireland directly, too.
pherq
on April 3, 2017
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I know -- I just apparently parsed Gaelic as Scottish and forgot that the spelling is same for Irish Gaelic...
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Not only via Scotland. Vikings regularly raided and colonized Ireland directly, too.