Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 275
1685. Montfaucon mentionsit, but misunderstood it ; he supposed that theman with the hole in his head had been woundedin battle, but had recovered. A second examplewas observed in 1816, and was also misinter-preted. A sepulchral cave had been opened atNogent-les-Vierges, which contained two… … iS- 5- —I^eiA.^-Mio SKULi. FROM .NOGENT-LF.s-^-iERGES (o/tcr Cariailhac,La France Prihistoriquc). It must, however, be observed that the men thustrepanned lived in the stone age, and that no stoneaxe or sword could possibly gash away a slice of HOLES. 265 skull; that, moreover, the edges of the…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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