From: Bare Bones
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ones have long been the focus of manifold superstitions and fears. To disturb them might bring terrible misfortune or rouse the once peacefully departed. But human as well as animal bones were also employed in various times and cultures for rituals, divination and healing spells. Objects made from bones were sometimes thought to hold special powers, or forge a link to the spirits of the departed.
A Month of Sundries 