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3,000 yr old butter discovered in Ireland [smashing all the lies of the Evolutionists!!!] ;')
Thai-Indian ^ | Thursday, August 20, 2009 | ANI

Posted on 08/20/2009 6:10:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Two workers have discovered an oak barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old, in Gilltown bog, between Timahoe and Staplestown, in Ireland.

According to a report in Leinster Leader, the amazing discovery of the barrel, which is being described by archaeology experts in the National Museum as a "really fine example" was found by two Bord na Mona workers...

What they found was an oak barrel, cut out of a trunk, full of butter. It was largely intact, except for a gash towards the bottom of it caused by the harrow. It was head down, and had a lid; something that has excited the archaeologists. The barrel is also split along the middle, which is common with utensils filled with butter found in the bogs. A conservator at the National Museum, Carol Smith, told the Leinster Leader that the butter expands over time, causing the split...

The butter has changed to white and is now adipocere, which is essentially animal fat, the same sort of substance that is found on well-preserved bodies of people or animals found in the bog... He estimates that the barrel is approximately 3,000 years old, from the Iron Age.

(Excerpt) Read more at thaindian.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bogbutter; dietandcuisine; fartyshadesofgreen; gilltownbog; godsgravesglyphs; ireland; ironage; science; staplestown; timahoe
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To: Daffynition
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41 posted on 08/20/2009 7:13:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows

From the headline, I thought this about some old goat they dug up.

Doesn’t matter, though; either way, the discovery was bound to raise a big stink.

Still, I think the writer larded the story with more detail than necessary.


42 posted on 08/20/2009 7:14:00 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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To: SunkenCiv
The days of the Mitsubishi Evos are numbered. Did you see this?

Great-Grandfather, 83, Works as Britain's Oldest McDonald's Employee (Darwood's Origin Myth Debunked)

43 posted on 08/20/2009 7:15:03 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: traderrob6

Let your pages do the walking through the yellow fingers... [time travel! aiiie!]


44 posted on 08/20/2009 7:17:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ahhh...now you’re making me melt...

Thanks for clarifying the topic...

Any one else would “draw and quarter” the rest of us on the thread...


45 posted on 08/20/2009 7:17:34 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom ("First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win!" Mahatma Ghandi)
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To: Daffynition

Excellent. LOL


46 posted on 08/20/2009 7:18:17 PM PDT by Gator113 (It's about stupidity, stupid. IMPEACH HERE, IMPEACH NOW.)
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To: FormerRep; La Lydia

Thanks!


47 posted on 08/20/2009 7:19:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: 4rcane

I parkay my butt in front of computers at work eight hours and then later at home for an hour or four, and it makes me giddy. ;’)


48 posted on 08/20/2009 7:21:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: nickcarraway

They finished the other prehistoric keg of homebrew and kept it to themselves.


49 posted on 08/20/2009 7:22:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: 353FMG

Borat will smear it all over himself and call himself a lady finger.


50 posted on 08/20/2009 7:23:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: marron; Seeking the truth; 1rudeboy

Made ya look! Made ya look!


51 posted on 08/20/2009 7:23:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: rdl6989

3000 years from now, some lucky archaeologist will find an “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” tub with the exterior colors intact, and it’ll be big news.

I’ll probably still be running the GGG ping list then, so keep an eye on your “my comments” screen.


52 posted on 08/20/2009 7:25:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Sloth

y’know, I had no notion this would be such a popular topic right away. It’s gratifying. And thanks for your kind remarks. :’)


53 posted on 08/20/2009 7:26:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

“...an oak barrel, cut out of a trunk, full of butter”

Pot of gold gone bad!


54 posted on 08/20/2009 7:27:09 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: SunkenCiv

The team later spread the butter on raisan cinamon bread and claimed it delicious.


55 posted on 08/20/2009 7:29:13 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Freedom First in 2010)
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To: marron

I didn’t understand the headline either.


56 posted on 08/20/2009 7:30:44 PM PDT by discomatic
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To: Domestic Church

They’re always after me lucky charms.


57 posted on 08/20/2009 7:59:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: School of Rational Thought

Don’t even *ask* where they found the raisin cinnamon bread...


58 posted on 08/20/2009 7:59:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv
Full points for the headline. I don't know how Darwin could possibly survive this revelation.

I mean, if he hadn't been dead for 127 years.

59 posted on 08/20/2009 8:07:29 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: mnehring

“The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!”

“No it isn’t Chicken Little! It’s just our new sesame seed bun! [squash!]”


60 posted on 08/20/2009 8:09:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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