24 Donald A. Mackenzie — Scottish Pork Taboo 



had its boar's head feasts, but rather to have had something in 

 common with that of the people regarding whom Lucian wrote 

 (19, chap. 54): *' Pigs alone, which they abominate, are 

 neither sacrificed nor eaten "; the other cult may have been 

 represented by those who regarded " swine without disgust 

 but as holy animals." As has been indicated, the pork- 

 detesting people of Scotland were represented both in the 

 Lowlands and the Highlands. They were numerous enough 

 and influential enough to perpetuate a very ancient taboo 

 which survives as a prejudice till the present day. 



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