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until the next day. They believed that no hatred, only love, could exi,st under this greenery. The Druids in England believed mistletoe to be sacred, symbolic of the Jink between Heaven and earth so it must never touch the ground. Druid priests sought mistletoe, preferablygrow ing on an oak tree, “on the sixth night of the moon,” so that it might be cut with a goldrn scythe and caught in the flowing robes oi the priests. Thus gathi.t-d, and following the sacrifice oi two white bulls to show gratitude for the gift, mistletoe was supposed to possess all sorts of magical power.
It is supposedly, also, an all-healing plant that will ward off poisons and keep animals healthy. Some considered it a present from the sun, others a gift from jupiter. In \ oodoo rituals, it’s the accepted antidote for palsy, apoplexy, epileps> and what-have-you.
The Cireeks are geiverally credited with associating mistletoe with love, j)S it was used in their marriage rites and ceremonies of Hymen are reputed to be the forerunners of present usage as a kissing
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