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Re:Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden by thaumasiotes on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:31PM (#18144263)
The sword in the stone really isn't the right story here; you want Arthur receiving Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.
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Re:Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden by ryandrake on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:59PM (#18144430)
...her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water...

(Couldn’t resist)

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Re:Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden by gumby on Thursday October 04, 2018 @07:11PM (#18144476)
Honestly as I kid I thought that she would be clad in slime -- but I still would eagerly have grabbed the cutlery.
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Re:Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden by qohen on Thursday October 04, 2018 @07:18PM (#18144497)
s/silmite/samite

Per Wikipedia[0]:

Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samite

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