Show GING 4 n of custom associated ith christmas festivities Is surrounded with many sulena in european countries Countr jf sign ign of f III omen oman in some part parts of f ireland HE IE food good old edstom of bang hang ing mistletoe letoe from the ceiling at the christmas Christ mae bestir fe stir ties la to said aid to baye have iti its corrsin 11 in the idea that since ace lue te id d not have ite its roots in be no 10 part of it hould should ever be ed d to touch the earth 19 the saxon saxons the fact that mis sas a suspended from the roof root welling intimated to the way that at the hospitality of the house t his disposal and beneath it its es i friend and stranger vassal rd gathered in comradeship aad and beer ler religious illg tous aspect of the ditan itlen which had its origin in dacal al and the gathering ga therin g y the with his gold 9 merged later into a purely symbol abol and the idea of simple aty ty developed into one of ing and a somewhat riotous en ment ent kiss lee of the scandinavian god expanded landed into the custom of a ven an for every berry that grew grow ough bough small wonder onder that in f tho the mistletoe having origin ted sted in he be odor of the sancta church came to regard it as rely ely pagan symbol and refused it to participate with the the ever evergreen gren in the yuletide ons 8 ii in an ancient belief that the e was the tree from which the oss s was hewn and that after 11 i made the plant withered and erward became a mere para ath clinging for support to nd id sturdier tree trees et oric however credit it ine ina gift gifts in the of d dis d the expulsion of evil spirit the high priest of the celt re a a dream the intimation that is no of the plant ho he would be to cave save hi his people from the which wae was decies ta lag them brate rate their delivery he ansti a e feast least of noel new now health liter holiday which bai has come nl dered coincident with the ir r ny Y parti parts of the united king berries aad and tho the gray eaves of the mistletoe letoe ar are 13 pon as anything but an e cm good cheer on tle contrary t Is regarded with irad dread as beringer of ill luck lack and the siga aen en thie this elate devonshire and in ireland go to lay say in neither ot of these dea es the Us plant flourish owing AS s it to the fact that both the of the drolla in consequence conie quence canid la in ay that their soil oil became in of nouri jing the u hixt i acot of arneld Acri eld 1 A lengthy description or 01 toe mistletoe Is siren given by virgil ho makes the sybil ce cribe to his hero the exact pot spot io in hadee hides here where he will find it growing there is little doubt that the stange ethereal appearance of the little opaque berry Is largely responsible for the mystic character it has enjoyed among the people ot of dl df vers a from the earliest heator leal teal umee units |