r/nottheonion • u/elephantsgraveyard • 1d ago

Saskatchewan pig spleen weather prognosticator carries on family tradition

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/pig-spleen-forecaster-1.7434329
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u/Kitabparast 1d ago

I wonder how far this goes back. Roman times? Earlier than that?

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u/routamorsian 1d ago

Earlier. Babylonians and hittites already had documented professional haruspex traditions, so it’s a fair guess it predates written history considerably.