[MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 75, Issue 13

[logan]

man i tell ya, gum and a smile seems so much easier and way less creepy.....

regards
logan

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[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Fergus
MacDair
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 75, Issue 13


> 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
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