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47. In winter, Vikings brought their cattle and poultry into their longhouse (which they could share with children, slaves and their own parents)!

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48. Vikings believed that good health came from observing their Norse religion and that medicine angered the gods - which explained the Fall of Rome.????????????

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49. Blood sports were popular including bear baiting and horse fighting or for poorer folk cock fighting.

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50. Vikings grew the flax plant for spinning into linen.

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51. Norsemen made torches from marsh grass called lyssiv for lighting the home.

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52. Longships could travel up to 200 km per day!

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53. Although swords were double-edged, the seax (a knife worn by all free Vikings) were single bladed.

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54. The first Viking raid was Lindisfarne in 793.

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55. Vikings believed in fate and thought the three Norns ruled over past, present and future.

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56. The Danelaw was the part of England where Danish (or Viking) law held sway.