{"id":10752,"date":"2019-08-02T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10752"},"modified":"2019-08-02T12:12:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T18:12:56","slug":"a-little-known-welsh-pagan-custom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10752","title":{"rendered":"A Little-Known Welsh Magical Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Myths surrounded” the caiman, says the BBC.<\/p><\/div>\n

Burying large reptiles under the floor.<\/a> It must be a “Pagan survival,” right? Doubtlessly an apotropaic custom, like scorch marks on wooden beams as charm against fire, or leaving old shoes and such inside the walls during construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burying large reptiles under the floor. It must be a “Pagan survival,” right? Doubtlessly an apotropaic custom, like scorch marks on wooden beams as charm against fire, or leaving old shoes and such inside the walls during construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[214,37,296,162],"class_list":["post-10752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-animals","tag-folklore","tag-pagan-ish","tag-wales"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-2Nq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1214,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1214","url_meta":{"origin":10752,"position":0},"title":"Did a ‘Pagan’ Bury the Staffordshire Hoard?","author":"Chas S. 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