Druid's egg, anguinum; glain y nidir; mân macal R0015

Druid's egg, anguinum; glain y nidir; mân macal R0015 

 (Perhaps the very last pieces of recorded Druid High Tech equipment and the reason writtenrecords were not needed by the High Ones while the Eggs still worked.

Theory by TDK, and yes I can make a good legal case for this theory also.)

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anguinum (?) ? Druid's egg AKA: anguinum; glain y nidir; mân macal

According to Pliny's Natural History, XXIX.52.:

There is also another kind of egg, of much renown in the Gallic provinces, but ignored by the Greeks. Inthe summer, numberless snakes entwine themselves into a ball, held together by a secreti on from theirbodies and by their spitt le. this is called anguinum. The Druids say that hissing serpents throw this up intothe air, and that it must be caught in a cloak, and not allowed to touch the ground; and that one mustinstantly take fl ight on horse-back, as the serpents will pursue unti l some stream cuts them out. It may betested, they say, by seeing if it fl aots against the current of a river, even though it be set in gold. But as it isthe way of magicians to cast a cunning veil about their frauds, they pretend that these eggs can only betaken on a certain day of the moon, as though it rested with mankind to make the moon and the serpentsaccord as to the moment of the operati on. I myself, however, have seen one of these eggs; it was round,and about as large as a smallish apple; the shell was cartalaginous, and pocked like the arms of a polypus.

Apparently, the druid's egg was believed to create a favorable outcome in courts of law; enough so thatthe Romans outlawed carrying one into any courtroom, and would put to death anyone caught carryingsuch an object.

In recent ti mes, there has been some debate as to what Pliny is describing: is it made of glass? is it a typeof sea shell? Lately, there have been some glass baubles found in Wales and Scotland that some claim arethe "eggs" in questi on, but whether they actually are or not is unknowable.

In Wales, there is sti ll some belief in the objects; they call them mân macal (snare stones In Wales, there is sti ll some belief in the objects; they call them mân macal (snare stones), and glain y nidir(the snake's jewel).