https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/20/stonehenge-may-have-been-erected-to-unite-early-british-farming-communities-research-finds
'Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan'
It was the first pub
Quote from: Keraunos on Dec 20, 2024, 12:55 PMIt was the first pub
They invited the Scots and Welsh but told them it was a "bring a stone" party.
The Welsh evidently took that invitation at its word, given the number of blue stones from the Preselli Hills in Pembrokeshire that form key parts of the monument.
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Were not the Scots in Ireland at the time?
Quote from: Keraunos on Dec 20, 2024, 02:19 PMWere not the Scots in Ireland at the time?
I think it was the Fomorians, who were locked in conflict with the
Tuatha De Danaan so probably missed the invite.
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Quote from: Keraunos on Dec 20, 2024, 12:55 PMIt was the first pub
Oh, so
that's the origin of "getting stoned."