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To: Hegemony Cricket

It's probably a corruption of "draggin' stone", the activity that occupied the builders for several generations. ;')


7 posted on 07/28/2006 4:50:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, July 27, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Jade is also known in China as the Dragon Stone

http://www.cedarseed.com/air/jade.html

According to myth, the stone was born during a storm, and for this reason every home had jade in its foundations to keep lightning at bay




8 posted on 07/28/2006 9:05:46 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Read the bio THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free! Click Fred Nerks for link to my Page.)
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