Ancient Britons 'drank from skulls'

BBC ^ | February 16, 2011 | Jonathan Amos

[AnAmericanMother]

This is old news.

Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk in his book The Highland Clans has a photo of the skull of one of the Earls of Moray (15th century I think), mounted in silver with acorns for feet, used by his descendants as a drinking bowl. He deadpans, "But, as it tends to leak, it's better for keeping nuts on the sideboard."

[decimon]

Those Moray were a bunch of eels. ;-)

[Beowulf9]

Oopsie! BBC not wishing to reveal ‘uncivilized’ British past, ahem*

Here is another story by those wicked Canadians!!!

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Cannibal+Britons+drank+from+skulls/4295928/story.html

“...
suggests ancient Britons indulged in cannibalism and drank from the skulls of their victims.”

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Well, I’m sure they washed them first.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh yeah, we sang “The Bonnie Eel of Moray” to the eel in the Bermuda Aquarium back when we first got married.

[Beowulf9]

History of genteel practice of tea time in Merry old England.

First stage. Favorite cannibal beverage in skull is some sort of boiled leaves.

Second stage: New favorite beverage in skull becomes tea.

Third stage: Skull replaced with bone China..