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Mar 2022
39m 43s

263-Celtic Folklore: You Can't Take it W...

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
About this episode

Three stories of things worth more than gold from Slavic, Celtic, and Chinese folklore. Also, why you shouldn't eat gold (it will literally kill you), why you should dig into that road cake early on, and why you should remember where you put stuff before getting the authorities involved.

The creature is a cow's stomach with bone melting eyes! Who hates it when evil barons are evil!

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