[meteorite-list] "The metal is ground to powder, then mixed with flour"

[Martin Horejsi]

Hi All,

I made this post a while about but did not see it appear. Maybe gmail
is hiding my own posting till I get a reply. Here it is again in case
I was not the only one who missed. My apologies if this is a repeat.

I put up a pic of my slice of Oesel, the meteorite that was ground and
either consumed or carried in order to protect the person from evil.

http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/oesel.html

Happy viewing.

Martin





On 9/12/05, Martin Horejsi <accretiondesk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Speaking of grinding meteorites into powder and eating it in during
> the 1800's...
> 
> http://www.geokhi.ru/~meteorit/opis/oesel-e.html
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/12/05, chris aubeck <caubeck at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was just wondering, how would people have ground meteoric metal to a
> > powder in 1888?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > Michigan | Saint Joseph | St Joseph Herald | 1888-12-01
> >
> > The Walloons of Belgium are
> > about tho most superstitious people in
> > the world. Ono of their beliefs is
> > that an aerolite is an infallible means
> > of discovering a thief. The metal is
> > ground to powder, then mixed with
> > flour, and mado into bread. A thief
> > can not swallow an otom of the
> > aerolite bread, and his attempt to do
> > so at once exposes him; that is to say,
> > the Walloons believe it will expose
> > him.
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