Annotation - Chapter 11, Page 72
From Riddley Walker Annotations
- (72:17) "some times in that kynd of muck in stead of rotting a way they got like old dark levver"
Acidic peat bogs can in fact preserve corpses for thousands of years. The most famous case in England is a well-preserved body found in Cheshire which was dated to 300 BC, but partial bodies have been found in Scandinavia that appear to be as old as 8,000 years.