Hi All, I made this post a while about but did not see it appear. Maybe gmail is hiding my own posting till I get a reply. Here it is again in case I was not the only one who missed. My apologies if this is a repeat.
I put up a pic of my slice of Oesel, the meteorite that was ground and either consumed or carried in order to protect the person from evil. http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/oesel.html Happy viewing. Martin On 9/12/05, Martin Horejsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Speaking of grinding meteorites into powder and eating it in during > the 1800's... > > http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/oesel-e.html > > Cheers, > > Martin > > > > > On 9/12/05, chris aubeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was just wondering, how would people have ground meteoric metal to a > > powder in 1888? > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > Michigan | Saint Joseph | St Joseph Herald | 1888-12-01 > > > > The Walloons of Belgium are > > about tho most superstitious people in > > the world. Ono of their beliefs is > > that an aerolite is an infallible means > > of discovering a thief. The metal is > > ground to powder, then mixed with > > flour, and mado into bread. A thief > > can not swallow an otom of the > > aerolite bread, and his attempt to do > > so at once exposes him; that is to say, > > the Walloons believe it will expose > > him. > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
