Trivia

A lifelong trainer of horses says the techniques of his trade have changed hardly at all in the past eight centuries.

Clans throughout history, in one way more than any other, have rid themselves of the unwanted among them. No, not by murder. That often enough has been taboo. What they’ve done is set fire to the unwanted’s place. They’ve literally fired out the rejected person. To get “fired” from a job is an allusion to that ancient evil.

“Downriver” almost always means north in Canada.

Reindeer grunt like pigs.