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ly in Scanainavia,Ireland, Hungary, North Italy, C-reece,and Egypt. Most of these early spirals, with theexception of some in Ireland, Greece, andEgypt, were used as decoration upon usefulobjects;~arms, utensils, annulets, and fibulae. The spirals of 1- See Avebury, Prehistoric Times, 19, 44, 46… … 12 Ireland, good examples of which we have surviving to this day, were cut upon stone monuments of one sort or another. Mr. Ro±- leston, in speaking of the spiral stone decorations at New Grange, Ireland, says, Except for the large stone with spiral carvings and one other at the entrance of the…
