Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . hwedenhufeisen, mit Nachtr. v. Prof. Renner/ in Jena Variscia,ill. 61. 3 Die Vaterliindischeu Alterthumer der Fiirstlich HohenzollerschenSammlungen zu Sigmaringen. Mainz, i860. THE GRAVES OF GAUSELFINGEN. 193 by the supposition that they may be intended as a signof the former occupation of the deceased—as, for ex-ample, that of a smith. The Royal Museum containsseveral such single horse-shoes, discovered in graves, allof different kinds, and from different places. These objectsburied in the tomb seem rather to bear some
Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . hwedenhufeisen, mit Nachtr. v. Prof. Renner/ in Jena Variscia,ill. 61. 3 Die Vaterliindischeu Alterthumer der Fiirstlich HohenzollerschenSammlungen zu Sigmaringen. Mainz, i860. THE GRAVES OF GAUSELFINGEN. 193 by the supposition that they may be intended as a signof the former occupation of the deceased—as, for ex-ample, that of a smith. The Royal Museum containsseveral such single horse-shoes, discovered in graves, allof different kinds, and from different places. These objectsburied in the tomb seem rather to bear some relation tosymbols of old heathen superstitions—such as the practiceof nailing a horse-shoe on the threshold of the door, whichyet lingers in some places. Certainly the subject requiresfurther inv^estigation and explanation. The very old grave-mounds of Gauseliingen yielded many primitive curiosities,such as celts, arm and finger-rings, glass beads, &c., ofthe Celtic or early German people. The third grave-mound contained two horse-shoes (figs. 58, 59), an iron.
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