Fish heads...

[Franklin Sciacca]

I recently received this query ... any ideas?

"I recently had a nice Russian family move in near my home.  We
haven't spoken because of a language barrier.  I noticed, not long
ago, that they have heads of muskie fish nailed to posts around their
property.  I have spent hours trying to find out why."

My first guess was that they were drying vobla...  but the heads
only?  Any folkloric significance?

Thanks for any thoughts,  Frank
--
Franklin Sciacca
Associate Professor of Russian
Hamilton College
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, New York  13323
315-859-4773
fsciacca at hamilton.edu

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