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Castle defenders pouring hot sand through a murder-hole to injure the attackers below (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Hey Cuthbert, thanks for giving me the castle tour. Though... I caught something funny - I might have misheard... I think I heard you call the hole up there a 'murder-hole'. Haha. It's a joke right? Why would you call a hole a murder-hole? Lol (surely)

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

POV: you made the mistake of looking above you in the gatehouse

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

"Oh yeah that, no, it's just a bit of a funny ironic name. We don't actually murder people in the murder hole. We just burn them horribly with sand that gets everywhere. And then maybe sometimes we do a little murder, as a treat."

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

See, if you murder them, that happens all the time. But causing horrible full body burns regardless of armor,.now THAT is a lesson they'll take back to the siege camp

[–] pappabosley@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Oh no, my mistake, it's really more of a funnel