GGG Ping.
I find that very strange.
I would be interested to know why that is.
Were all of the coins of that period destroyed by later kings?
Were all of the coins of that period carried off by foreign conquerors?
WOW!
Wish this would happen to us!
So, tourists can plan their vacations to be there on a day that a discovery will be made? Sort of like knowing when Old Faithful will erupt.
Rape and pillage ping!
“The English coins are likely to have been paid to the Vikings as an incitement to let them live in peace”
Never a good idea....
I've heard of Dane geld, but I'm not familiar with Swede geld!
AARRGHH! Did dey find me Super Bowl trophy among thee booty?
Ahhh, yes, Danegeld, it didn't work then and it doesn't work now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld
Dang, the only treasures I find in my back yard
are from the German Shepard next door
Dane-geld
(A.D. 980-1016)
Rudyard Kipling
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation,
To call upon a neighbour and to say:—
“We invaded you last night—we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away.”
And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you’ve only to pay ’em the Dane-geld
And then you’ll get rid of the Dane!
It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say:—
“Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away.”
And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we’ve proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray,
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say:—
“We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost!”
Well since it was rain that uncovered the coins, perhaps they should be awarded to the “Weather Channel”.
Danegelt.
Neat! Thanks for posting this.
btt
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