Wukong is going to need to go the the very top for help with the One-Horned Buffalo. No, not Guanyin. The very top.

The episode has some brief mentions of slavery and cruelty, and the torture headband gets brought up again in passing.

Links:


Clashmore on Caoimhe’s website: https://oakreef.ie/clashmore




Clashmore on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/clashmore




“Herd of Cork buffalo taken and returned within hours” on the Farmer’s Journal: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/herd-of-cork-buffalo-taken-and-returned-within-hours-673814




Episode artwork is a painting of Laozi on a buffalo by Igarashi Shunmel and a photograph of Tramore: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lao Zi by Ikarashi Shunmei.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tramore Beach - geograph.org.uk - 3361340.jpg




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