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To: E. Charters who wrote (109)8/20/2006 3:59:02 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 356
 
<<cattle, sheep and goats were allowed; hogs were not.>>

Back in those days hogs carried parasites that often weren't killed cooking over an open fire.

<<Fish with fins and scales were allowed; catfish, crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimp), mollusks (clams, mussels) and others were not.>>

Bottom dwellers. People fished where they also dumped, that stuff settled on the bottom.