On Fri, 9 May 2008 11:12 +0100 (BST), prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Paul
Dormer) wrote:
>The BBC are running a series at the moment called In Search of Medieval
>Britain, in which an historian is using the Gough map of Britain, drawn
>in about 1350, as a guide to travelling the country.
>
>Last night it was the turn of Scotland, still at war with England at
>the time the map was drawn. The map maker probably never travelled
>there, and there is little detail shown, and the shape of the coastline
>is guessed at:
>
>http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/users/nnj/GoughMap_large.jpg
>
>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.
If I ever meet a wolf, my plan is to give a cookie to the wolf. Of
course, then the wolf is going to want a glass of milk.
>
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