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Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:25

If you write your troubles on a banana and leave the banana to rot your troubles will dissapear according to pagan tradition

Tina-Marie

Tina-Marie Report 1 Feb 2008 13:26

blast... just eaten the banana

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:27

delve in the bin and get the skin out....perhaps you will get a partial result lol

Tina-Marie

Tina-Marie Report 1 Feb 2008 13:31

lol

another bit of useless info..

snails have 25,000 teeth

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:33

oooh snails thats another pagan belief...if you nail a snail to a tree it cures warts...(don't panid I'm not a pagan they are talking about it on the local radio station!)

Twinklyoceanblue

Twinklyoceanblue Report 1 Feb 2008 13:35

The south American giant ant eater eats 30.000 ants per day!!!....now I bet you really wanted to know that lol

Twinklyoceanblue

Twinklyoceanblue Report 1 Feb 2008 13:36

Colin...why would anyone want to nail a snail to a tree????? lol

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:41

its a pagan thing according to the radio.....I wouldn't do it before the snail lovers of GR start pm'ing me threatening to report me to SODS - Save Our Dear Snails

Amanda2003

Amanda2003 Report 1 Feb 2008 13:42

Another name for a snail is "wall fish"
apparently in olde England people ate them on Fridays ( hence the fish name)
I have to to say I'm surprised to hear that Pagen people could get their hands on bananas ( or is it new wave Pagen ?)
Amanda

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:44

Hmmm I thought that but the woman on the beeb is adamant...but then she is a bit loopy (they normally hide her away on the breakfast prog but the afternoon fella's on his hols so shes doing his show!)

Amanda2003

Amanda2003 Report 1 Feb 2008 13:47

Jamacian pagens may be...........lol

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:49

pmsl....Are there any pagans in Jamaica? I will have to google lol

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Feb 2008 13:51

have got some bananas so will try it....also if you bury the skin by the roots of a rose bush it is good for the rose! lol

xx

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:53

tea bags are good for plants and brojen egg shells around the bottom of the plants keep the snails away...apparently

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Feb 2008 13:55

not the snails in my garden Colin, they breed 'em tough here lol

xx

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 13:57

saucer of beer for the toughies, they get drunk and drown

Twinklyoceanblue

Twinklyoceanblue Report 1 Feb 2008 13:58

what a waste of beer lol x

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Feb 2008 14:00

---yup but a way to go!

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 1 Feb 2008 14:20

I have a problem, when did pagans get the Banana?I
have an image of pagans sailing across the ocean to collect their Bananas

Just to write their troubles on the skns ?

Frederick

Frederick Report 1 Feb 2008 16:35

Bananas could be regarded as a rude fruit,

Asyou peel it you count,

1 skin, 2 skin, 3 skin, 4 skin. !!!!!!!