Mistletoe Pagan Kissing Under A Parasitic Plant

Kenneth C. Davis the cage of the, "DON'T Ascertain Notably On the subject of Data" series discuses the traveling use of mistletoe for an leaflet he wrote in THE HUFFINGTON POST:"...Poverty other evergreens, mistletoe --a parasitic cultivate that attaches to other trees-- remained green in winter, even as the grass in which it hung were "dead." A symbol of life in the dead of winter, it was part of the winter Solstice festivities of countless ancient cultures. The Greeks and Romans all valuable it for its evergreen personality. But undecided mistletoe at Christmas actually comes from two old traditions, one Anglo, the other Saxon. The Celts of Britain and Ireland premeditated mistletoe a sacred cultivate and called it "all-heal." It was supervision to regard the breathtaking power to pleasure blot, advertise fertility in women, make disgrace guiltless, protect vs. witchcraft and ordinarily bring blessings....(Cont.)...