italy-8000 rabbits dead

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  1. miraflores

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    :sad: Aww.

    So thats where we get the old english word for rabbits. Coneys, from the Roman word conigli. Often wondered about that.

    We were taught at School that the Normans introduced them, till they found butched Rabbit bones at a Roman site a few years back.
     
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