Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores Traditional Cache
Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores
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A series of caches on a circular walk from Braco, numbered clockwise (dexter) but you can do them anyway you like. The series cache titles (titulus) and description (genus) reflect the historical Roman importance of this area.
We had to have a wee dig at the Romans, though....after all what did they do for us???
Rome and the deceitful she-monster - Vulpes
With foxes we must play the fox
Foxes are an important part of human culture, being central characters of many myths and folklore. In the past, they were associated with forces of the supernatural. The aurora borealis is known as revontulet ("fox fires") because it was believed that the lights were produced by a fox, painting the sky with its tail as it ran through the sky.
Shape shifting is also commonly associated with foxes. In many stories, foxes take the form of humans, particularly women, to ensnare unwary humans.
According to Gilda’s account of British History, the British were the only nation in all the world who were not first brought under control by the Roman sword, but rather, being cowardly by nature, gave up their independence without a fight. After their surrender, the Romans came to take possession. "Because of hunger" or "poverty" (ob inopiam), they went back to Italy, leaving behind a number of representatives called rectores. These were slaughtered by "a treacherous lioness" (leaena dolosa), and, outraged at the underhanded murders, the Roman Senate sent an army to punish the islanders. The leaena seems in some way to be connected with a conspiracy, or at least with collective guilt, since Gildas then goes on to speak of murderers, in the plural, which he describes as uolpeculae, little foxes - "little", no doubt, in the sense of "petty, mean"; to the Romans, this will be no more than a fox hunt.
keep an eye out for any foxes sneaking about in the forest next to the track
Additional Hints
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onfr bs Cvar gerr
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