Objecting to Romans in my hall
The dp has been digging a Roman cemetery and has brought some of the bodies home. I can't blame him - he was well loaded and is working closer to home than the office. So home is a staging post. He'll take them into work when he finishes the site on Monday. Meanwhile, there's a big bag load of Roman bones in the hall. And they might be unhappy bones, as some come from decapitated burials. The dp said:'Not to worry. If you meet a roaming Roman in the early hours, just say 'Salve'!'
Thanks, dear :-)
The things I have to put up with. Wish I was married to Indiana Jones - at least he finds the glittery, stuff ;-) If I'm really lucky, tomorrow I'll be taking a bag of bones with me on the bus tomorrow, as we're going into town anyway and could drop them off.
posted by Alex Bordessa @ Friday, January 27, 2006
2 Comments:
So, decapitated Romans are prone to ghost around? Is there anything special about that way of death?
With the Vikings, it's the other way round. If your house is haunted by a revenant, the only way to get rid of him is to chop his head off and bury it in a separate place. Or burn the whole thing.
Though according to the sagas chopping the head off a ghost isn't even an average Viking's idea of fun.
"Salve"? If they're dead and decapitated I suspect that they will be in need of more than a soothing ointment.
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