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The Moon and Ireland

Gerald wrote a book in the eleventh of the twelfth century. He made bizarre claims about ireland to set it up as lawless, uncontrolled and uncontrollable. Gerald also claimed that certain women in ireland have the ability to turn into hares like rabbits. The reason they do this is because they can quickly chase down pregnant women who are running for their lives. And then he's back into rational territory. So that's just the beginning Of when this book starts going absolutely bat ship mad. You see the roots of anti irish racism in this book before i get into the juicy or absolutely banker shit. If you're taking something from this pad cast and you're like,

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