Re: What to do if you meet a wolf

Here, David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <memo.20080509111227.684A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul Dormer) wrote:
> 
> > One thing the map does say about Scotland is that "Here there are many
> > wolves".  Apparently, the medieval bestiary considered the wolf the
> > beast of the devil.  What you should do if confronted by one was to
> > take off all your clothes and put them in a pile.  Stand on the pile
> > and knock two rocks together.  Taking off your clothes reveals your
> > sins to the animal, and the sound of the rocks summons the Apostles.
> 
> I wonder how many people ever did it, or if that was a procedure 
> recommended by someone who had nothing to do with wolves and ignored by 
> those who had something to do with wolves.

Or if lots of people tried it, and thereby divided themselves into (a)
the subset who didn't get eaten by wolves, and (b) the subset who did
get eaten by wolves but failed to report this evidence back to the
authorities for some reason.

--Z

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