Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1917 — Mistletoe. [ARTICLE]

Mistletoe.

In .ancient times garlands and bouquets of the mistletoe were hung in taverns and doorways to Ward off evil, •and by many worn as an amulet attracting good influences. This aversion doub,tl«s sprang from a Christian prejudice against a plant deemed sacred by the pagans, a legend of the. monks holding that the mistletoe bough was cursed and never again permitted to grow as an independent growth, sihee it had been the tree from which was fashioned the cross of the crucifixion. In the West of England mistletoe is not allowed to enter,,into church decorations. '