Show benesia Bene sih at ar T the he origin of this chi Ciris tM as custom much an fn faor among ili f e Z lovelorn va A pes goes had backmo to dim dav past S an 3 is t s lost 41 in traditions off of fie druies druids S I 1 by IDA M BRUCE in utica globe HEM DEN a young man m at fi a christ christmas party lends leads with nn attempt at don an distance cli alance some charm charming 9 21 young lady ialy beneath a bough of mistletoe I 1 in a or der to win a I 1 mistletoe kiss he nor ta of the opinion plate that he be 1 is lining the young lady into B R situation heie by the ceries of an ancient custom she ehe must forfeit the aforesaid kiss hiss frankness compels we me to confess that the ills larin luring 1 i it done by the ills Y young 9 lady indy for thrig their r christ christmas parties they she blie la IN indeed a in most at late mad and rather chilling young person who will 1 not at during the festivities abow ua ar alt elf to be lured beneath the mistletoe and all this la a quite it sh a within her rights right it la 1 a custom she a inherited from imme ances tora fare who davelt in britain or scandinavia centuries ago 9 today the ata items and the mistletoe kiss are am a as socia listed ted only ally with christmas christinas but bolt in truth mistletoe hod had its significance centuries beret before 0 th the a b birth lith in beth ithem which gave ue christmas sm scandinavians vt claim that mistletoe tell has customs originated with w ath them but at there 1 Is R an english lagond antedating those these of scandinavia which tells bow the girls of Eilt aln in the golden age of the doulas did them delves hung hang up boughs of mistletoe and lure young young men into their ere cm brace according to tills flits argard choba an A rodent ancient high priest had a great temple temple in the forest where bar he taught young men to become priests so popular did till this temple beer become that half tile the young 9 ae men of the countryside were ere leaving their heir homes and people and becoming druid priests liters was great need of the young men in the camps to hunt nad and fish and to plant and ad abole all there tile were at so le many more maidens than bei young 1 men left ifft that bat they decided som something mag must ut be done to re reclaim clatin them th the girls mid sought bought an moment ancient witch and asked her bar hep help pick yonder mistletoe that grows grow a without amt upon the in I 1 trees re IN go I 1 to a the tha edge of lit the forest ran round it spa about mat III the a tree temple of chat chalin in aad ad b hang it there them all around and about the forest forced stand in waiting there them well bidden until the young oung men coming forth from the forest fal each night to bring food to tile the temple are under the mistletoe then step forth they will clasp aou ou and kiss you whereupon do you yon craim right lustily and the young men stall be your H how the girls won wm back the men man ties the maidens aid fell followed this advice and hung bung the ralto mistletoe in festoons fes boutch edge of the forest stand ing under it the young men felt am in belled to kiss the maidens who stepped forth to greet great it them th the maidens idea as instructed screamed crammed lustily and chelm chaim and other of the old druid priests rushed forth fearing earing their voting men den were betag being murdered aher the good old druid saw ass the aang men man embracing the maidens they drove them away for they would have no in one a mog among the them who had ought to do with will wants women and so through the peculiar influx a euce of ar tile the mistletoe the maidens idea won b bach ik the Y young 9 meo a but the custom 0 he hanging ging up mistletoe w as aa kept up later after th the istrol introduction ahm of c the it custom as A added tied to the a festivities christmas fest festivities bes from mythology comes the beird III rd b but t interesting story of the origin of mistletoe that pale beriley pill parasite paia site of tile the forest one of 0 the best ot of these legends I 1 la that of baldur son BOO of wallin in the do da when those cods nore are mid to have walked and a talked with the mortals mortal on an eaith in as did III it jupiter and apollo and diana ind ad and the other gods mal and of olympus holder baldur was tile the god of slad hine and somia and me was nat at mally beloved by all except loki the god of hearth flies film lor lar while tile the peo people d be rushed rubbed out of doors to see sea rai bal lur han he brought the summer sun the had no use for loki until lit the net t I 1 inter consequently loki cokl ills dis hid bldr bianna I 1 a goddess of the blulme blois oms and ad atle of bald baiduk die di earned it terrible r dreams decimal of lit tin death of bald tir and she I 1 went want to I 1 the to ferral god walla he her iberia 1 aw and told lim bain and he be was DR brently early t troubled a abol but heie u sent I 1 a I 1 forth throughout the ld and ad im had atlig ever thing edear mm m T 1 to do baldur no h barm arm L lv i berthing er thing animate almot a and ad 1 ini soloist animate tile the and me men rod bsh and ad b birds he in water or and earth sell and rocks nod ad me reea the winds wind and ad knop clouda and ad rain iad snow dow all 11 agreed never to in harm he bell go forth I 1 h and wee weep p no DO more drug cr boar said lit wadi to nunn nanna no harm het re an now am conie to your you h husband amal my ion and went fort forth 1 h happy ap y bead A after f tor that all the gods goda used to a icuss A lit boiling at atones lad and axes and speare at bald balduc and he be stood tood and laughed at the them be because mom ather wood nor petal oar ncr ethl anything 9 old harm him it was grea great t sport far or everyone one day nalle nt at this spot port t no an old woman asked nanna why they hey 0 were ere trying to kill peltier Mory everything thing has promised neer to bar aarm him she be explained queried the old worn wom n E except I 1 apt the mistletoe what es can that thai little ittle shrub do noun laughed scorn fully the old woman omed hurried harried away or of course it vas us loki I 1 in disguise she ot a twig of mistletoe rod and hardened by ch arring tile the outside before the ir re altel fatted the 1 point t t to n lane lance and ad ipac bar aried d I 1 it at balduc fl whereupon hereupon it garced afa heart mui and he be fell dead dedicated to love leve and affection As a peace offering the gods bedl abed it the mistletoe to love and free on and peace just BO AS long as it never ever touched inched lohl a territory the ground ivor ever at sinie the then the mistletoe aeton has ha a i own without room far way away fro from w ground d and ad eve even to this day it is sed by suspending it if above the floor r ground and so it Is that both ancient brit D and ad scandinavia lay jay their claim alto to customs dad and the origin rigi ot 1 a branch of it beneath hab alch h auth way may kiss there them is little glubt but bu 1 what t the he custom was in we nae a thousand b A d yea years i s before it the a colgin of christmas while the story atory of the maidens mho w ho lured back to their camps and to themselves the young men who were em about 0 a become druid DILI priests v t piles glies good account or of our custom me ot at kissing beneath the today to scandinavia I also Is belongs much credit IN when hen those them brave and romantic scandinavians scandinavian looked forward to t valhalla ss is thel thelL heaven heaved and worshiped worship it the gods thor and on there day and day which olden Is a where we get our thursday and wednesday they used to have cor car tain lein great feast sas dois for their gods it became the custom on observing thor a day to build great fires these were called juul files fiieda As everyone everone knows knoos the ills scandinavian J Is pro bounced quite like our pr pronunciation onanda tou of the letter X 11 consequently I 1 those hole fires were spoken of ill As late flies th the brighter the fires the dfisher the dillars towered lowered through the for ests cars where tile tho S used to gather to pay honor to the cicat god liner ihor the greater pleased us was thor and ad a so it homes became arc essary ry to pick out at tin the best of 0 wood to burn then men inen would go 90 into tile the forest looking for juul loys loks and they soon learned road thit the tree trees upon P which much mistletoe clung would gle ILIA lt fires they did not at lam know the reason creaso for far this thia and ad believed that it was as due to the amk work of the grout great thor himself who caused the mistletoe tolo grow grom oa an those these I 1 anes roots at ally as 3 11 means a of istria letting 0 hit s people know which trees tree wele best for far buining 1 in his honor and so whenever anyone met under act tie the mistletoe in i the th great fresto forests no matter it how dow great ihmle a e enemies aldr they ven beio they dropped weapons weapon aud ad 9 greet me 0 ed each other tile kindly ki silly dor or would they take hike up A arms against g ai et each them other until th the I 1 dunnae of a me day 1 tins it was their tribute tribal in 1 w wy memory Y of 0 7 b or A batish of good luck tiny thy began base to take bit bits of at toe the mistletoe d A R at a into tach homes home nod ad hung hang it over or I 1 the he doorways aud ad it any neals mea caine they could not enter the lomas b beneath 11 the mistletoe without witheat bema becom ing friends t to a tile the people ide a so long an as tile they acm remained wea there fla filin till this mas aroe tn tile im bit ot of greeting people who be stopped stepped no clr the ills w with hn an embrace at 01 a kiss ami at giant indoor fenati ahe III mistletoe adt ddt W ua hung a up P in the raw rod and the peep people e eccli ilma I 1 other with bissas later this imaging hanging at LI LIIN feasts IN m came to be put pat i iii ul usa only my at the flost and ad f r I 1 that diew the ills custom of hang i 0 up the ills mistletoe in order th alint t any beneath it might be kissed by the first person who nho caught tier her there I 1 cw it if say any growing geo things arft obet subject ot of as me many ancient I 1 IS at 1 legends eg do coborn comorn and ad beliefs as the ra mistletoe 1 the fact that the ancient calls in ID their religion had two great read vals one in june and the other in december the latter being equivalent to to our christmas christ in 1 both of these great festivals feet the he t gathering ge thed I 1 of the ml s t I 1 A biml toe waa a s a sacred rite mile fiina tn in hs his miami history describes d the ceremony speaking of the diable worship of the oak he be diya abey believe th thir it whatever grows growa on these rare Is 1 sent cut from heaven and is a sign that the tree ilse haa he been chosen by the god himself tile the mistletoe la Is very rarely to be met with but m when ben it la is found they geth gather it with solemn ceremony chis they do especially on the sixth day of oc the th moon moan because by the bilth day the th smon moon has haa plenty of at vigor lind has noil nob run me halt half its course after the preparations preparation a have love been made amile tor for a mer itice and a east under tile tha tree they imil hull it as the universal healer and ad bring to the spot pat two white milte bulls whose borus have never been bound before A priest clad in a white bite robe mine climbs the ties and with A golden sickle cuts the mistletoe baich aich Is caught in a cloth the then they hey sacrifice the praying that god cod way day make ill big so onn gift to prosper proper with those upon apos whom he be ha has I 1 it it they belies e that hint a potion do t ion pre i pared from mistletoe w will III lim increase milso their flocks bocka and thit tile te plant is a remedy against nil all poison 11 lt it was believed to be I a remedy for far sa many any ills rod and this belief 1 la still to be ba found I 1 la many remote remain places pieces 1 in europe la in holseid Hol 1111 seio slean for far example the tha mistletoe 1 Is regarded as a healing remedy for wounds and in lacoume Lac hume france it la IS always administered by the native people as en an aoth lota far op poison they apply the tn plant to the tha stomach ol at the patient pat crat and ad III give him a solution lm in oc f I 1 it t t to dri drink k as vel 11 iba 1 he gaelic sells word for mistletoe Is 1 an t nil all loc ine which means meana all healer and this till in 1 probably pro baby what tile the druies druids calila it I 1 in anti anicent aniie erat nt to anim s in the northeast ot of scotland pepi people used to cut withes of mistletoe at tha he march fall ull moon me these them they bent beat in 1 1 circles e 1 and ad kept for far a year I 1 to cure h hectic fevers and other attain troubles la 1 some parts of germany the mistletoe ia 1 especially esteemed as a remedy fop far the milli aliments sest ot of children who same times wear it hung at around rod the neck as aa an wt in sweden on an midsummer eve mt mistletoe is 1 dlug diligently ti Y sought the briset believing 9 it to be possessed oc at many k mystic y 1 m qualities ciul lit that if a sang P 0 arf i Is smiled attached it to the ceiling ot of the dwelling house tile the hofses old 7 or cow cou 8 a ceib lb tile the trolle or evil spirits will 11 then be powerless to ijar injure either wast mas or beast branches of at the plant are am commonly seen am to in fin fed hei ban hanging lag from tile the ceiling to timm protect the from all 11 haim hall but s P rally he aiom fit file mol and P enit sit ed with the failing aiL Luebs think they me can ward ard ott air all blind attacks of tile the maludy maldy by ca iring beat about with them a lnita obdith has a 4 handle of mistletoe A 8 d re lity tor far other I 1 coia 1 li to hang long a sprig of if mistletoe round unit the caffere fere s rack or 1 to malia L him wear motor on an ills hia finger a ring dd from the plant bloom Moie oer or they it fi fi li I 1 ton dilim divining 9 rods ad of at or ot of fear different kinds kinda of mood do one ol of which not b be fasth ills li guie uie betker places pines the rou m on be the rolind it after ad mal andi when be it L ista tz directly over tile the bm tha ills rod begins to moe a aa it lt lit nere nor alive A like their swedish neighbors ray am peasants pe aonder ih oe a polla powei tul dull chaim amiul vil it spir 1 I |