Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 The belief seemed to be

The belief seemed to be that a dried cat or dog would protect against witchcraft and scare a witch's familiar away from the house

The posters are large and measure 126cm x 93cm and has been laminated so that it has remained in good condition over the years

Some are fairly uniform in size and weight and served as monies of account like manillas

This species is a large member of the Auk family with circumpolar distribution of the sub-species in the Northern waters

Common Guillemot / Common Murre skull (Uria aalge) 2 The belief seemed to beThis is a skull of the common guillemot, also known as the common murre Uria aalge. This species is a large member of the Auk family with circumpolar distribution of the sub species in the Northern waters. They breed in huge colonies with a density of up to 20 pairs on one square metre of rock. They are expert divers with diving depths of 180m being recorded in search of food. This specimen was from a dead bird washed up on the shore. It is a very