> > When the Ojibwa indians, who lived in the American southwest, observed a total solar eclipse, they went to the top of a hill and shot flaming arrows at it. This was to relight the sun, which had gone out. Don't laugh. It worked every time.
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> Another little known fact is that, when lighting their flamiong arrows, the male Ojibwa indians always jerked the bit of flint towards themselves, while the female Ojibwa indians always jerked the flint away from themselves.

Are you saying they were jerks?
Howard