"Michael Kuettner" > wrote in news:h2letv$75p$1
@news.eternal-september.org:

> Yes. And since they are very hard to crack open, a special device was
> invented for that purpose - the Trebuchet.

The ones brought over by African swallows were used to simulate the noise
of horse hooves by poor English monarchs.

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