Posted on 03/05/2007 9:52:18 PM PST by Alter Kaker
I saw a movie--the "Satanic Rites of Dracula"(with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee if I recall)--where hawthorn was deadly to ol' Dracula 'cause tradition said the crown of thorns was made from this wood...
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dum-dum, with a cross-shaped perpendicular cuts in the nose.
Remember, those are unlawful in the state of California to
take vampires at any time, including self defense.
Non-lethal methods must be used so the vampire can receive the treatment it is so desperately crying out for.
Note, stakes CAN be used but only during "primitive" hunts.
Ash tree is not from the movies, but from the good old medieval practice. Hawthorn works much worse- one could not get a stake sufficiently thick and sturdy, as hawthorn is a thin plant. Just look at that photo. His, excuse me, "stake" is something like an inch in diameter. It is more like a rod for chastising. And a proper ash stake would be at least 2, or still better, 3 inches thick.
Nah, they are only illegal during their breeding season. And in my day there was no bag limit for them, either.
Your 'probly right--I seem to remember Chris Lee gettin' trapped in a jagger bush (I think it was supposed to be hawthorn) and being immobilized enough so Pete Cushing could stake him proper with a fence post. A hawthorn stake would 'probly only have given him slight discomfort.
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