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Old 20-12-2007, 10:01 PM
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Re: Yule & Christmas superstitions

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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott View Post
Call me pedantic but how can an 'English' (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) tradition date 'back to Celtic times'? It's either Celtic or English, surely?
Mistletoe was a Celtic fertility symbol and the kissing larky was apparently a British (not English, sorry) tradition not known in Europe.
Whether the Celts kissed under Mistletoe I do not know.

But, hey we are talking myths and supestitions here not necessarily facts.

Paul
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