fibi ducks
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I heard somewhere that there are farmers of livestock in east africa who harvest blood from their cattle - opeing a vein and then closing it again after they've tapped some. i also heard that this used to be much more common practice long ago when cattle were too valuable to just kill and eat. So blood puddings are maybe an ancient food type. This got me to thinking: when that sort of farming started, it must have been a short step on to thinking that the person over there had food in their veins too. Is this where vampire stories come from?
by the way, i made the title about 'barbarians' cos this used to be the term that was used for people who kept livestock for a living (as distinct from farmers and also savages - an archaic name for hunter gatherers as i understand it).
by the way, i made the title about 'barbarians' cos this used to be the term that was used for people who kept livestock for a living (as distinct from farmers and also savages - an archaic name for hunter gatherers as i understand it).