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Old 24-12-2009, 03:42 PM
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they're a day early

It dawns on Druids they're a day early for solstice

LONDON: Pagan worshippers who braved freezing temperatures to celebrate the winter solstice at Stonehenge were dismayed to discover that they had turned up on the wrong day.
About 300 people dressed in robes [too cold to dance naked?] met at the stone circle on Monday to greet the rising of the sun on the shortest day of the year. Unfortunately, their calculations were slightly out. They had arrived 24 hours early...
http://www.smh.com.au/world/it-dawns...1223-ldfa.html
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