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| Ecclesiastical Curiosities Edited William Andrews (1899) Project Gutenburg © Godric Godricson |
Bones, both human and of animals, have been found under hearthstones of houses. When we consider that the hearth is the centre, as it were, and most sacred spot of a house, and that the chimney above it is the highest portion built, and the most difficult to complete, it seems easy to understand why the victim was buried under the hearthstone or jamb of the chimney.
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