West Country pagans tie horses in knots

Jeff Howley better watch himself

They'll be platting his hair next and burning him in massive clotted cream scone made of of Wicker whilst lord Somerset explains that it was the horseplay, and that he was the horse whilst girls of a dubious age dance naked over a cowpat.

Has he not seen what happened to his counterpart north of the borders? Leave these things well alone Jeff!

My first thought

Was prepubescent girls who wanted to make the horses look "pretty".

terrorists

**this* is the only terrorist "giveuscash" FUD the devon plod can come up with?

I thought police were supposed to investigate - not publicise theories blaming events on a specific religions. I suppose it is budget time again and they need a scapegoat to ensure they get more moolah from the limited budget. I wonder who had the bright idea to demonise a (to the plod) "unpopular" religion.

Lets try this another way. If the police has said they belived that a bunch of muslims were responsible because of some ancient long forgotten dooberry the newspapers would be up in arms and the plod would be apologising to the national police force rep and any local or national honco that came out of the woodwork.

The fact that most pagans are quiet unassuming folks means the police can get away with this utter crap.

Before anyone asks, I am an athiest IMHO all religions are populated with nutters who need time off on in straighjacket and strong drugs. Saying this of all the religious folks I have met only the pagans (and church of the FSM!) come over as having any common sense whatsoever.

At least someone's thinking of the children

"if these are children's ponies it is an absolutely awful thing to do"

Devon

This is Devon after all! What else is there to down there, have you met the people from there?

I once met an educated woman that moved from London to Devon, I asked her "What do you think of the people down there?", she replied "They lack ambition". Others have described them "harmless".

They're not the most intelligent of people.....

Oh I hear cries of condemnation..how can I be so rude to the people of Devon?

Because I is one..that's why... I escaped..I left to go to University, which believe me, in those days was extremely rare. I was poked fun of at school for being intelligent.

The folk are simple minded. Great place to grow up until you're about 16, but after that, it's boring place.

Sensitive animals

Horses and ponies are easily frightened. Having a strange human waking them at night and doing things to their mane would upset them, before you even consider demonic animal possession and video for the Dutch market and so forth. I think counselling is called for. And also revive "Operation Terry and June".

Someone's up to something iffy over there.

Dissapointed

I was hoping the IT angle would be that the perps were using the latest iPhone app iKnotMagick (works even better on an iSlate - those knots can be tricky) but instead all we get is some lame social networking reference. Must try harder el Reg.

I'm reminded of Slipknot

...a deliberately unpleasant pop music band, whose fans were taken aback to find that the principal "Slipknot" web site was actually about crochetcraft and the like.

March of the Retards....

Here we go again....

1. A horse is the dumbest animal this side of the domestic chicken...

2. Horses have hooves

3. Horses tend to use said hooves on people they dont know

4. Pagans tend to know more about animals than any other person

5. ergo, pagans have enough of a clue to know that fiddling with bits of a strange horse tends to = a kick in the proverbials - and whether you have an innie or an outie - a horses hoof in the groin = HURTIE

Some of the commentards on here might want to consult their lawyers too - re the 'ducking stool' and other pleasant comments, you wouldnt call a black girl a nigger to her face so why do you think its OK to be abusive to Pagans? ... oh silly me - computer engineers with no social skills who live with their mum at the age of 40... By the letter of the law in the UK thats verbal religious harassment... a word to the wise from the wise, Sarah Bee

When will people learn that if it involves harming, annoying, pestering or otherwise doing distasteful things to creatures of the 4-legged variety the people who you can guarantee wont be involved are pagans...

Its most likely some chavtards who have only seen a horse on TV and assume that they are big cuddly things that get in the way of Jeremy Redneckson ...

They can weigh upwards of a ton - have teeth and hooves - and in alot of cases are pure rabid death to anyone other than their owners (and sometimes their owners too). Only an idiot would go creeping round a field in the pitch black and expect to come home with their testicles in the same county...

While I have met pagan groups that have more flakes than a cadburys factory, pagans are almost universally intelligent people with a good understanding of reality - then you have the police who blame them all the time for things like this, who tend to be the school yard bullies who got kicked out of the SS training course for unneccessary brutality and stupidity unbecoming and who seem to enjoy strip searching 11 year old kids... guess whose side I take on this one?

@ AC 15:53 - tis good for you that you are anonymous, because for that comment I could have you in a UK magistrates court... be told.

Paganism endures

it is found in a lot of modern day entertainment, in fact it could be seen as the corner stone of entertainment, and it is always been about myths and story telling.

The Celtic Gods and Goddesses weren't personifications they were instead more represented in the corporeal state as being elements of nature, a river, glade, or grove, Oak and Yew trees were an important part of Celtic mythology.

When the Celts sacked the Temples at Delphi they would have been quite bemused or amused by the personification of the Greek Gods, it was just accepted that Gods could take any form they wished, and we see that in elements of Greek Mythology anyhow. The Celtic Kings were wed to the land, and their responsibility would be to ensure good harvests and the protection of the land for the people, fascinating stuff.

There is also an interesting mushroom, called the Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria), and it is often associated with witchcraft and sorcery, as the effect is to create a spell binding hypnotic suggestible state in those who consume it. The water into wine story is often attributed to Fly Agaric, where Jesus just effectively hypnotised people into believing the water was wine.

And, there are other instances surrounding witch trials where psychedelics occurred in grain that lead people to believe that witchcraft was afoot in the village. The truth is a lot of witch craft is what we now consider chemistry and biology, a lot of science has come from Paganism. Spirituality and the magic in that realm is hard to prove or disprove.

Pagans

And I used to hang around with Pagans in my years at University, they were a bit of a weird bunch, the educated ones studied useless subjects such as English language, the others, gee, what a waste of space..long haired hippies, looked terrible, all mixed in with the goths, performing naked rituals, and white magic....as if it really worked..

They were nearly all arty types, tended to be very cliquey. Many grow out of it by their mid twenties, those that are still into it in their 30's.....stay clear of them.

OOOO fear the pagans!!

It wos the pagans wot did it, break out the faggots and lets get a'burning.

Stupid sod, he must be a christian, they're trained to be anti pagan, and they're far more scary. (I know a few pagans, my mum n dad are pagan, and I guarantee they have never plaited a horse)