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Why we Kiss Under Mistletoe? (2016x14)
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The name for mistletoe derives the fact that mistletoe tends to spring from bird droppings that have fallen on trees, with the seeds having passed through the digestive tract of the birds. Thus, the plant was given the name “misteltan” in Old English from “mistel”, meaning “dung”, and “tan”, the plural of “ta”, meaning “twig”. Hence, “mistletoe” is another way to essentially say “dung twig”.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistletoe
http://landscaping.about.com/cs/winterlandscaping1/a/mistletoe.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/christmas-traditions-kissing-under-mistletoe.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_traditions
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2361898/christmas_tradition_of_kissing_under.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg