Lena's right, it's mentioned on page 36 of Schmid's "Atlas of Animal Bones".
Barbara
lena strid schrieb:
> Monika Doll mentions it in her thesis ("Haustierhaltung und Schlachtsitten des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit", 2003), and refers to Elisabeth Schmid's "Atlas of animal bones", page 36. I only have excerpts from the bone atlas, so I can't check the reference for you.
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> /Lena
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> Hello everyone,
> Many years ago I had a reference to the practice of leaving the paws on
> skinned rabbits, to stop the unscrupulous from passing off skinned cats
> as rabbits. I now have no idea where I have put this. All suggestions
> for the source of this reference gratefully accepted.
> Thanks, Louisa
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