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Lilith 11-30-2004 07:05 AM

Where you live...
 
does mistletoe grow?

cherrypie7788 11-30-2004 07:52 AM

Yes, my stepdad used to shoot it out of the walnut trees in the back yard because my mom always wanted it.

I'm curious as to how mistletoe became what it is now; it's really just a parasite. Interesting.

sodaklostsoul 11-30-2004 08:17 AM

We had a mistletoe tree in our yard while I grew up in California. As for South Dakota I have'nt seen any.

imaginewithme 11-30-2004 08:17 AM

Yep, we have it here!

osuche 11-30-2004 08:18 AM

Yes, I cultivate some in my back yard

Coaster 11-30-2004 09:23 AM

nope.... too chilly here I guess.

I'll accept any sprigs you wanna send me......... of course you should attach kisses!

Summer 11-30-2004 09:27 AM

grows here too

flutelady 11-30-2004 11:41 AM

It's all over the place here.

dreamgurl 11-30-2004 11:54 AM

Yep we have plenty here.

WildIrish 11-30-2004 12:00 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by osuche
Yes, I cultivate some in my back yard


For spaghetti sauce? :D


Mistletoe doesn't grow in New England. Perhaps it's for the best. lmao

wyndhy 11-30-2004 02:35 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by cherrypie7788
Yes, my stepdad used to shoot it out of the walnut trees in the back yard because my mom always wanted it.

I'm curious as to how mistletoe became what it is now; it's really just a parasite. Interesting.

here's what i know/have learned about it:as for kissing under the mistletoe it was believed that it increased ones chances of getting married in the coming year, hence the tradition of kissing under it in the christmas season which, as we all know, falls at the end of the year. other useless facts: ancient druids believed that mistletoe could bestow health and good luck. why? i don't know. welsh farmers believed it to be an indicator of upcoming harvests. if the mistletoe grew well so would their crops. it was also used in early medicine to help/cure everything from infertility to epilepsy to rabies and, oddly enough, as an antedote to poisoning. i say this is odd because the berries from mistletoe are poisonous themselves. *shrug*
yep. it grows here.

TinTennessee 11-30-2004 04:46 PM

Mistletoe is here and it's also shot out of trees and sold locally. I'm just trying to get over the fact that the word mistletoe means "dung on a twig" rofl

denny 12-01-2004 12:40 AM

It's here in the markets only, too dry in the southwest.

dicksbro 12-01-2004 03:42 AM

I haven't seen it around here, but that doesn't mean it isn't around. Guess I've never looked.

LixyChick 12-01-2004 11:58 AM

I don't go into the woods too much cause I get poison ivy to easily...but now I'm gonna have to go out to the mini-woods behind my house and have a snoop!


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