In ancient times, “blood rain” was believed to be actual blood and considered an omen of death and destruction.
It is mentioned in Homer’s Iliad and in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Tales of King Arthur.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 685, “there was a bloody rain in Britain. And milk and butter were turned to blood. And Lothere, king of Kent, died.”
Lucky we’re not superstitious anymore, huh?
The map of Saharan sand coverage showed that the dusty material reached Ireland too and covered most mushroom growing regions it would seem.
