> what's the _reason_ for not initiating boys every year? Is there so
> little work to do that the heortlings can afford to have kids in their
> late teens remaining outside the workforce?
I always figured it was in part because there's so much work to do that the adult males (or females, though I'm less familiar with their rites) could no afford to all drop what they're doing for several weeks very often.
Besides, who says that late teenagers don't work?
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_...>
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