mistletoe often hangs on oak trees and can become heavy enough to break the branches. From LearnThat.org.
From time immemorial the mistletoe has been the object of superstitious veneration in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion] Reference
The Chairman: I have noticed that the mistletoe was a bad parasite on the pecans in some regions. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
In other words, the mistletoe is another vestige of beliefs that existed long before Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth C. Davis: Mistletoe: Why All The Kissing Under A Parasitic Plant?] Reference
She answered, "East of Walhalla grows a plant called mistletoe; it seemed to me too young to swear.". From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion] Reference
She answered, East of Walhalla grows a plant called mistletoe; it seemed to me too young to swear. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 61. The Myth of Balder] Reference
She answered, “East of Walhalla grows a plant called mistletoe; it seemed to me too young to swear.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion] Reference
The mistletoe is a shrub which grows or lives upon certain trees, such as the apple, pear, and hawthorn. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Oaks were seen as sacred and the winter fruit of the mistletoe was a symbol of life in the dark winter months. From Wordnik.com. [BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content] Reference
She said everything except one little shrub called mistletoe, which she thought too young and feeble to do any harm. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology] Reference
The mistletoe is a parasitic plant, and is not always nor often found on the oak, so that when it is found it is the more precious. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
All that mistletoe is very Heathen, of course. From Wordnik.com. [And while we’re on the subject of Ask An Agnostic/Atheist « Dating Jesus] Reference
Young faces beamed with gladness as they glided under the "mistletoe" with their partners, to the strains of dreamy waltzes. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
When I was forced out of my 13-year banking career I used the opportunity to tap into my "mistletoe" entrepreneurial calling. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Renee: Can Software Bail-Out Unemployed and Troubled Companies?] Reference
"It never can happen again," said Kenneth, in sad tones, as he watched the "mistletoe" disappear. From Wordnik.com. [Patty's Success] Reference
I remember a friend who tried impatiently to explain the word "mistletoe" to a German, and cried at last, despairing. From Wordnik.com. [The Victorian Age in Literature] Reference
Festive plants such as mistletoe, holly, ivy and Christmas roses are toxic and potentially fatal, especially to cats. From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
Holiday Flowers and Plants - The most popular holiday flowers and plants, such as mistletoe and holly, are toxic when eaten. From Wordnik.com. [EHSToday.com RSS Feed] Reference
Later that night, they kissed under the mistletoe. From Wordnik.com. [How My Parents Fell In Love] Reference
Where, too, the mistletoe with its pearly berries?. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
“Hi,” he said, glancing up at the mistletoe above them. From Wordnik.com. [How My Parents Fell In Love] Reference
Girls, although they be ladies, are kissed under the mistletoe. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
Nora, and she conducted him directly to where the mistletoe hung. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
"'The mistletoe hung in the castle hall,'" -- and went on through the ballad. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
A table piled with goodies of every kind decorated with holly and mistletoe and. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
Spruce up your next holiday gathering with more than mistletoe: rent a reindeer. From Wordnik.com. [HANG WITH RUDOLPH AND THE BOYS] Reference
Even the sprig of mistletoe for the chandelier in the hall had not been forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
For instance, mistletoe was to be cut with a golden knife, and when the moon was only six days old. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
So she takes off in the Honda with the puppy in the back and a sprig of mistletoe stuck in the visor. From Wordnik.com. [The Truthmobile] Reference
The dainty mistletoe, about which there are so many pretty Christmas legends, is a deadly enemy of many trees. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
He spent the night standing under the single branch of mistletoe, hung near the bathroom where the ceiling was low. From Wordnik.com. [How My Parents Fell In Love] Reference
Decorations of evergreen festoons and wreaths are appropriate, also the tissue paper bells and festoons and holly and mistletoe. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
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