[Sca-cooks] ideas please

[Elaine Koogler]

It should be...According to the Norse legends, wasn't Baldur killed by Loki with
a sprig of mistletoe?  And I believe that it figured into some of the Druidic
rituals as well (which is, as I understand it, why it is part of our Christmas
tradition!)

Kiri

XvLoverCrimvX at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/29/01 4:44:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> olwentheodd at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > OK folks.  More annoying questions.  Does anyone have any idea where I can
> >  go to find out about 13th century (or so) winter holiday decorations,
> plants
> >  that may have been used for decoration, oh, I don't know.  I'm kinda
> >  thrashing about trying to find ideas for soltelties for the 12th night
> feast
> >  or dessert board.  If I can find anything.  Cripes, I wish holly were
> >  period~dead easy in marzipan!  Hmmm, maybe birds??
>
> Is Mistletoe period? ;) Because I think it is. I dunno.
>
> Misha
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