
Irish farmer finds near 60-pound slab of ancient bog butter on his land by ‘pure luck’
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Sometimes, an ancient find comes when you least expect it. That was the case for a farmer in County Donegal, who was doing work on his land when he came across a strange object with a "cheesy" smell.
That's how Micheal Boyle's story went. Boyle was conducting work on his farm in County Donegal, when he found what turned out to be an ancient slab of bog butter. Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital.
In ancient times, dairy or animal fat was buried in bogs for preservation or put in a wooden container as an offering to gods or spirits, according to The Irish News.
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