In highlight of the Christmas season I would like to share the origin of the word "mistletoe", compliments of Kristi's Word Origin Calendar.
mistletoe - In modern German, mist means "animal excrement." The ancient Germanic formation misteltan means something like "a twig that causes animals to excrete," the belief apparently being the parasitic plant's berries gave the birds that ate them loose bowels.
Merry Christmas and happy kissing!!!
2 comments:
YUK!!! And thank you very much!!!
Awesome. I'll think twice before kissing under it next time.
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