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Rusty_Hinge writes


Yan = 1
Tan = 2
and so-on - it's just counting, and if still used will be restricted to
stock, especially sheep.



I've always known it as a counting method by Celts.

A proportion of the Vikings *WERE* Celts - or at least, had a common
origin somewhere in the easy of Yurp.

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Rusty
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