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Show Runes. "Runes" were the letters of the alphabet al-phabet used by the old Teutonic tribes. The word means hidden lore. Ihe earliest runes were merely fanciful fanci-ful signs supposed to possess mysterious mysteri-ous power. The letters were even considered magical, and were cast Into the air, written separately upon chips, to fall as fate determined, on a cloth and to be rend by the interpreters. The association of the runic letters with heathen superstitions caused the first Christian teachers, to discourage , their use. |