[Ansteorra] cloved not cloven fruit
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Sun Oct 25 16:37:19 PDT 2009
As is pointed out in the file I linked to, the word is "cloved" as in
having cloves stuck into it. Not "cloven" as in being split, like an
animal's foot. All of the fruit I saw in this game were whole with
cloves stuck in them, not split fruit.
Stefan
>> Having tossed a few cloven fruit into the bushes in my day, I can
>> explain why *I* came to dislike the game.
>
> As has already been noted, cloven fruit were sometimes used as a way
> to demand a kiss of someone, regardless of the other person's
> desires in the matter. And while one cloven fruit making the rounds
> at a 200-person event isn't all that bad, someone bringing in a
> basket with fifteen or twenty of the things at the beginning of a
> feast is another matter altogether. When that started happening, any
> time I received a cloven fruit, I'd simply dispose of it, rather
> than pass it on.
>
> -Tivar Moondragon
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THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
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