Welcome to the British History Podcast. My name is Jamie and this is episode 157, Linda

Sparn. This show is free and independent due to member support and as thanks for helping

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Rutte transcripts. If you're interested in supporting the show and helping us out,

you can do so over at the British History Podcast.com. And thank you very much to Alex,

Bridget and Jeffrey for contributing already. It's been a while since we've spoken. I'm

really sorry about that. I was moving across the country and back to my beloved Portland

and in the course of the move, everything that could go wrong did. I'm really sorry

about the delay and believe me, I've missed this a ton. So let's get to it. And first

off, I have some breaking news about medicine. Much like how we found out that the old Anglo-Saxon

treatments of ground worms on lacerations and breast milk in the eyes might have actually

been scientifically effective. Now we're finding out that the recurring punch line of Anglo-Saxon

medicine might have had a real benefit. A study came out recently that compounds in horse

dung might have antibiotic properties. So this tells me two things. First, unfurth might

have been onto something when he was rubbing horse dung into his wounds. And second, that

the medical researchers either listen to the BHP or the reading leach books, because where

else would they get such a ridiculous idea? But seriously, how did unfurth figure this

one out? Because rubbing horse dung into a wound isn't exactly your first instinct,

you know? So my apologies to any 7th century Anglo-Saxons that might have been listening and felt

unfairly maligned. Alright, let's get to the show. Now this episode might be a little different

from our normal episodes. I'm going to start with what may have happened at the infamous Viking

raid of Lindus Farn. I'll be stitching together the story, trying to create a cohesive and clear

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