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Description: | [Herne Bay, Kent], [England] [derived pebble from Chalk?] Included with ten shark teeth from the small suite of Frank Buckland material. Label, signed by Frank Buckland, says : "Fossil teeth from Sharks, called "Cramp Spears" by the Fishermen at Herne Bay said to be an antidote to cramp if carried in the pocket Frank Buckland". The term "Cramp Spears" is little-known, but the idea that they protected against cramp is given eg in Peter Ackroyd's book on London. Flint pebbles are common in Tertiary sediments of SE England, so the association with shark teeth may well be real. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SEDPETSILIC : FOSSIL : ECHDMISC : ECHMECHZECHD : FACE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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