Re: VIKINGS FILED THEIR TEETH NOT THEIR NAILS
- From: "Don Harstad" <dharstad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:53:58 -0600
"David Rorer" <drorer@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> For what it's worth
>
> VIKINGS FILED THEIR TEETH NOT THEIR NAILS (Ancient Worlds News, 25/1/06)
> Viking warriors filed deep grooves in their teeth, and they probably had
> to smile broadly to show them off, according to new finds in four major
> Viking Age cemeteries in Sweden.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_1554761.htm
>
>
> --
> David Rorer
Some of my least reliable relatives tell me it was a Viking symbol for "Fill
to this level."
Don Harstad
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