OT bullet was [Sca-cooks] Numbers, pates, and spreads...

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In a message dated 2/1/02 12:24:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
phlip_u at yahoo.com writes:

<< > Tsk.  That doesn't work, bullets pre-date firearms.
 > Basically, it is a
 > round shot originally used in slings.  It derives
 > from "boulette," a
 > dimuntive of the Old French "boule" or "ball"
 > originally derived from the
 > Latin "bulla." >>

Makes sense because the "bulla" was to protect a child from harmful spirits
when it is growing up. A bullet is to protect you, well was originally meant
to protect you. Interesting.

Misha