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| The St. Cuthbert thing is (unsurprisingly) robbed from Celtic lore. The earliest Irish Christian manuscript is called the <i>The Book of the Dun Cow</i> (Leabhar na Uidhre). http://www.spinaweb.ie/showcase/1115/crafts/dun.htm Queen Medb (Maeve) had a Dun cow, which she stole in the Cattle Raid of Cooley - a tale which involves a young Cuchulain. If you haven't read this, Tombo, you'll love it ... http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/Cooley/ The one bit of all of this I love is here: http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/Cooley/Squirrel.html Medb had a squirrel and a bird on her shoulders - A bit of Norse? Medb = Yggdrasil, squirrel = Ratatosk and the bird = the eagle who sits on top of Yggdrasil? Reply | with quote |  19th July 2004ce 08:11 In reply to: dun (TomBo) |
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