[MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 75, Issue 13

[Fergus MacDair]

> Did anyone actually give a description of how it was done?? If so, I
> overlooked it.? But as I was around during the heyday of the custom, I
> figure I'm in an excellent position to explain it if no-one else has.
>
> Your servant aye
> Donal

The tradition was to take a fruit, such as an apple or orange, and decorate it by sticking whole cloves into it.  Then at a feast, a person would take out one of the cloves and suck on it to sweeten their breath, then pass it onto someone whom they would like to kiss.  This person would also take out a clove and suck on it, and pass it on to someone else the same way until all the cloves were gone.  It was never meant to be more than a peck, not "making out" as one person described it, and the option to refuse was always supposed to be respected.

fergus
The Tao is called the Great Mother:
empty yet inexhaustible,
it gives birth to infinite worlds.

It is always present within you.
You can use it any way you want.
Tao Te Ching, chapter 6

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