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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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To: PennsylvaniaMom

I’d love it if everyone had that reaction, but if not, I’ll ghee over it.


61 posted on 08/20/2009 8:11:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Billthedrill

Yeah, this would make his insides churn if he could see it.


62 posted on 08/20/2009 8:12:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Well, I saw yours last, and am completely out of like kind responses. A toast to you!


63 posted on 08/20/2009 8:12:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Dysart

There’s no whey anyone will top this find.


64 posted on 08/20/2009 8:14:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Ramius

Ah! But 3000 years ago, they didn’t *have* popcorn in Ireland.

I’m waiting for someone in Scotland to dig up a 3000 year old haggis.

And then see if anyone who eats some of it can tell it’s 3000 years old.


65 posted on 08/20/2009 8:20:17 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
Two workers have discovered an oak barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old

Creation science predicted this would happen.

66 posted on 08/20/2009 8:24:59 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ouch. This thread has become fully saturated. Or has quickly become your bread and... well, you know. But as for me, I shall stick it out to the butter end.


67 posted on 08/20/2009 8:25:07 PM PDT by Dysart (It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong--Voltaire)
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To: SunkenCiv
I bet I have some older in my refrigerator.
68 posted on 08/20/2009 8:28:49 PM PDT by razorback-bert (We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
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To: SunkenCiv
MMM...

B-U-T-T-E-R...

(Rich in 3000-year-old buttery goodness.)

69 posted on 08/20/2009 8:33:15 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: SunkenCiv
I’m waiting for someone in Scotland to dig up a 3000 year old haggis. And then see if anyone who eats some of it can tell it’s 3000 years old.

Well, after 3000 years, maybe it doesn't smell quite so bad? :-)

70 posted on 08/20/2009 8:48:30 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Beat me to it, Slick. Makes my brain churn.


71 posted on 08/20/2009 9:22:45 PM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: School of Rational Thought; SunkenCiv

Hate to tell you, but those weren’t...raisins.


72 posted on 08/20/2009 10:34:05 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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To: SunkenCiv

OOOleo


73 posted on 08/20/2009 11:08:13 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: ApplegateRanch

Coming soon to a Waffle House near you.


74 posted on 08/20/2009 11:35:05 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
***I fear I clean out my fridge every 3000 years or so (whether it needs it or not!!!)***

LOL me to...I swear some of the things in the back of my fridge. are not recognizable as something that was ever eatable....if something looks like it might be food, I test it on my dogs, if they survive I'll try it.

75 posted on 08/21/2009 12:15:40 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: Daffynition

No matter what the subject, Daffy has a picture or two for it...or sometimes 5 or 6 pictures...:O)


76 posted on 08/21/2009 12:19:10 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: ApplegateRanch
***From the headline, I thought this about some old goat they dug up.***

:O( I am not buried yet, :O) GG

77 posted on 08/21/2009 12:22:51 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny
Stick around kid ...you ain't seen nuthin' yet!


78 posted on 08/21/2009 2:31:38 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
It's already there...


79 posted on 08/21/2009 3:46:08 AM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: SunkenCiv

I stayed at a place near Limerick that was still serving food from that batch......


80 posted on 08/21/2009 1:33:57 PM PDT by Natural Law
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