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3,000 yr old butter discovered in Ireland [smashing all the lies of the Evolutionists!!!] ;')
Thai-Indian ^ | Thursday, August 20, 2009 | ANI

Posted on 08/20/2009 6:10:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Two workers have discovered an oak barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old, in Gilltown bog, between Timahoe and Staplestown, in Ireland.

According to a report in Leinster Leader, the amazing discovery of the barrel, which is being described by archaeology experts in the National Museum as a "really fine example" was found by two Bord na Mona workers...

What they found was an oak barrel, cut out of a trunk, full of butter. It was largely intact, except for a gash towards the bottom of it caused by the harrow. It was head down, and had a lid; something that has excited the archaeologists. The barrel is also split along the middle, which is common with utensils filled with butter found in the bogs. A conservator at the National Museum, Carol Smith, told the Leinster Leader that the butter expands over time, causing the split...

The butter has changed to white and is now adipocere, which is essentially animal fat, the same sort of substance that is found on well-preserved bodies of people or animals found in the bog... He estimates that the barrel is approximately 3,000 years old, from the Iron Age.

(Excerpt) Read more at thaindian.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bogbutter; dietandcuisine; fartyshadesofgreen; gilltownbog; godsgravesglyphs; ireland; ironage; science; staplestown; timahoe
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1 posted on 08/20/2009 6:10:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 08/20/2009 6:11:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ll eat my scone plain, thanks.


3 posted on 08/20/2009 6:11:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SunkenCiv

Will it be served in some exclusive restaurant or at a UN party?


4 posted on 08/20/2009 6:13:12 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t quite get the connection to evolution...?


5 posted on 08/20/2009 6:13:35 PM PDT by marron
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To: SunkenCiv

Did Homo Sapiens evolve from butter?

IOW, I don’t get your headline


6 posted on 08/20/2009 6:13:59 PM PDT by Seeking the truth (Ocents.com - Obama "Zero" faux postage stamps, tees, mousepads, bumper stickers)
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To: SunkenCiv

Can you explain your headline? I’m not very good at deciphering nonsense.


7 posted on 08/20/2009 6:14:35 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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There’s a wink in the headline...


8 posted on 08/20/2009 6:15:09 PM PDT by freestyle
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, *I* got the joke.


9 posted on 08/20/2009 6:15:18 PM PDT by Sloth (Irony: Freepers who call Ron Paul a "nut" but swallow all the birth certificate conspiracy crap.)
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10 posted on 08/20/2009 6:15:45 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: freestyle

Yeah, and he’s smoking a joint.


11 posted on 08/20/2009 6:15:59 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Sloth

Well, *I* got the joke.

You’re ahead of me then.


12 posted on 08/20/2009 6:16:25 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG should appreciate the joke - heh.


13 posted on 08/20/2009 6:17:25 PM PDT by FormerRep
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To: SunkenCiv

i dont get your headline, does the butter preserve temperature history


14 posted on 08/20/2009 6:17:28 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: SunkenCiv

Empirical proof that the theory of evolution is faulty! I can’t believe...it’s not butter.


15 posted on 08/20/2009 6:18:06 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: 1rudeboy

Well, that could explain the fascination with a 3000 year old butter story. Everything is better on ‘wee weed’.


16 posted on 08/20/2009 6:19:28 PM PDT by freestyle
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17 posted on 08/20/2009 6:22:31 PM PDT by traderrob6
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18 posted on 08/20/2009 6:28:01 PM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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To: SunkenCiv

lol!


19 posted on 08/20/2009 6:31:28 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: SunkenCiv

Haha The evo connection is margarine at best.


20 posted on 08/20/2009 6:33:13 PM PDT by Dysart (It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong--Voltaire)
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