Interesting, this has implications beyond what the Heortlings eat. RW analogues: the continental and insular English. Germanic domestic architecture was 'byre houses': long houses with cattle at one end, people at the other. The cattle were protected from the harsh continental winter, and heated the house. Space and food for cattle indoors during the winter would be limited. The Germans who migrated to England abandoned this form of house, probably because the milder English winters made it unnecessary. Instead they built 'halls': rectangular single room buildings. Presumably, the English would have required more enclosed pasture near the steads, and would not have to slaughter as many cattle in winter.
End of The Glorantha Digest V7 #449
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