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30th May 2008, 07:48
After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish scientists
found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the
conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more
than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English
scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after, headlines in
the UK newspapers read: 'English archaeologists have found traces of
200-year-old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already
had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier
than the Scots.'
One week later, 'The Kerryman,' a south-west Irish newsletter, reported
the following: 'After digging as deep as 30 meters in peat bog near
Tralee, Paddy O'Doul, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he
found absolutely nothing.
Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Ireland had already gone wireless.'
found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the
conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more
than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English
scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after, headlines in
the UK newspapers read: 'English archaeologists have found traces of
200-year-old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already
had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier
than the Scots.'
One week later, 'The Kerryman,' a south-west Irish newsletter, reported
the following: 'After digging as deep as 30 meters in peat bog near
Tralee, Paddy O'Doul, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he
found absolutely nothing.
Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Ireland had already gone wireless.'