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Rhiannon wrote:
You will go craftily editing your posts, won't you?
I edited it straight after posting! You must have been sat there clicking on the refresh button.

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Rhiannon wrote:
But don't you want a bit of fantasy and intrigue in your rationalist world? (this is a rhetorical question).
In the context of prehistoric sites, I reckon there's enough exciting stuff about 'em that's likely, without introducing stuff that's downright implausible (this is my problem with the leaps of faith some of my esteemed TMA colleagues make). The association between the cave and the play is interesting, and so long as it's not represented as fact, it should be posted under 'Folklore' (IMHO).

K x

You're right. It should go firmly in the folklore section. We can't help it as rationale objective 21st century people, if people have had funny ideas about places in the past. But that doesn't mean to say those ideas shouldn't be recorded, as long as they're recognised as Not Strictly Factual. That's the thing about 'I read somewhere' or 'my friend told me' type anecdotes. Sometimes you take it for granted that they're true just because of where you heard them, and you don't process them through your 'yes right I don't THINK so' filters. There'll be stuff like this lurking on this site all over the place, not in its rightful folkloric home, I'm sure.

What am I waffling about? I'm not sure. I think it's relevant though.