Society & Culture - 26 November 2007

very nice thing to do?It is good luck to kiss under the mistletoe. It is bad luck to deliberately to avoid doing this.


Take three leaves of holly and on them prick the initials of three of your admirers. On Christmas Eve place the leaves under your pillow, and it is said that the one whom you will marry will appear to you in a dream.


Sew nine holly-leaves on to your nighttime clothing, borrow a wedding ring and place it on the third finger of your left hand, and then go to bed. During the night, your future husband will appear to you in a vision.


Make a chain of holly, mistletoe and juniper, and tie an acorn between each link. You need to have 2 other girls to assist you. At midnight on Christmas Eve the 3 of you must go into a room where a fire is lit, lock the door, hang the key over the mantelpiece and open the window wide. Then wrap the chain, which you have made around a log and sprinkle it with oil, a few pinches of salt and some earth. The log and chain must be placed on the fire and all lights turned out. Each girl sits around the fire with a prayer-book upon her knees, opened at the marriage service. As soon as the chain has been burnt, it is said that each girl will see the vision of her future husband crossing the room. If such a vision does not appear to a girl, she will never marry; or if she sees a phantom, such as a skeleton, which causes fear, it is also taken to be a sign that she will remain a spinster.


Tie a sprig of holly to each leg of your bedstead, and before you go to bed eat a roasted apple. Your future partner in marriage will come and speak to you in your dreams.


The yule log should be lit by a piece of the log used on the previous Christmas. Once that is done, no evil spirit can then enter into the house. The remains of the Yule log were also considered lucky, and would be a protection against lightning or fire.

2007-11-26 03:41:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

and she admitted to not believing...her reasoning was how did god get here.... Like many people i always kinda wondered that too. But ive come to terms with knowing that ill find that question out when i get to heaven. But she is so set on not believing without some kinda proof...and i was wondering if anyone knew of any actual evidence or answers on that question along with any others that might make her believe...

2007-11-26 03:41:22 · 58 answers · asked by Funkymatt8 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Was Mary conceived without sin? YES. This is believed by the Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, the Coptics - in fact the only Christians who DON'T believe it are that vocal minority of Christians, the protestants, who have only been around 500 of the 2000 years of Christianity.

When discussing the Immaculate Conception, an implicit reference may be found in the angel’s greeting to Mary. The angel Gabriel said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" (Luke 1:28). The phrase "full of grace" is a translation of the Greek word kecharitomene. It therefore expresses a characteristic quality of Mary.

The traditional translation, "full of grace," is better than the one found in many recent versions of the New Testament, which give something along the lines of "highly favored daughter." Mary was indeed a highly favored daughter of God, but the Greek implies more than that (and it never mentions the word for "daughter").

2007-11-26 03:40:53 · 26 answers · asked by Catholic Crusader 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I hope I get at least 12 answers.

2007-11-26 03:40:26 · 3 answers · asked by fantasywriter2025 4 in Mythology & Folklore

are in fact another aspect of the Curse but just isn't recorded in the Bible?

2007-11-26 03:40:10 · 12 answers · asked by MelloYello 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Judges 21

Matthew 5:17

2007-11-26 03:39:01 · 8 answers · asked by Homeland Security 1 in Religion & Spirituality

read it? used it?
it seems interesting.
if you have read it - what did you think?




(smartass answers and crap jokes also accepted)

2007-11-26 03:37:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

him answer?

2007-11-26 03:36:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-26 03:36:21 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

state at least two basic truths that you learned about these men and women.

2007-11-26 03:36:11 · 4 answers · asked by Apple Pie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Floating around for eternity? To accomplish what?

2007-11-26 03:32:34 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you just leave it there, it looks like you're sloppy too.

2007-11-26 03:32:04 · 8 answers · asked by Bert 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Personally I have my doubts about Barney.

2007-11-26 03:31:18 · 16 answers · asked by Potatoe Plague 2 in Religion & Spirituality

A follower wants to know and needs to understand better. Is it difficult for you?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoThnz0VtJXbbur_LdpKM_Dsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071126080220AACKDfA

2007-11-26 03:31:15 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

What does this say in Hungarian?

Szücs vagy Kusnyir János részére keresztlevél kéretik. Latin nyelvű

I found it while doing a google search for my great-grandfather, Kusnyir Janos, on this page:
http://www.atanaz.hu/intezm/leveltar/foesp_9.htm

If it is any help, this information was on a website with the heading:
"A HAJDÚDOROGI FŐESPERESI LEVÉLTÁR
IRATAINAK LAJSTROMA ÉS MUTATÓJA"

Is this some kind of record? I have no idea what the website is for... Help!

2007-11-26 03:30:31 · 3 answers · asked by Snowflake 2 in Languages

I don't believe that the elements in communion actually become the Blood and Body of Christ. Am I damned?

2007-11-26 03:30:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If a true Christian has never sinned...
and
everyone has sinned?

A classic example...
question: "Did you hear about the Christian that robbed the bank?"
answer: "If he robbed the bank, he wasn't a true Christian"

2007-11-26 03:28:23 · 19 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

i need a queen who is an Egyptian and is known for her eternal beauty

2007-11-26 03:28:16 · 18 answers · asked by priya 1 in Mythology & Folklore

It seems that I am having more lately. Here, there & now.

If so, what is your stirring?

2007-11-26 03:27:32 · 7 answers · asked by t a m i l 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you agree that hate is a slippery slope? As soon as you think it's ok to hate one group of people, it opens the door to viewing all people different than you as inferior?

2007-11-26 03:26:58 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-26 03:26:41 · 9 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Most people actually practise no religion in the UK. Shouldn't they take a secular approach?
Even my Lonely Planet travel guide refers to "The Prophet Mohammed". What's going on ??

2007-11-26 03:25:43 · 29 answers · asked by Abdul 5 in Religion & Spirituality

It only claims to have possible explanations for observations.

2007-11-26 03:24:47 · 8 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-26 03:22:46 · 18 answers · asked by TD Euwaite? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

aside from picking nose.

2007-11-26 03:21:55 · 10 answers · asked by urrrp 6 in Etiquette

If it weren't for CHRIST, we wouldn't even celebrate Christmas! If you write Xmas, why do you choose to do so? Thanks!

2007-11-26 03:21:25 · 32 answers · asked by ~*Fender Freak*~ 3 in Christmas

be honest, how many of you thought ted haggard was a good and holy man before the whole male prostitute scandal? how many of you if he wrote a book claiming it was the inspired word of god would have believed it? i guess the same goes for anyone who follows the teachings of any religious leader who has been embarrassed in a scandal, like haggard and many catholic priests, and what i'm hearing now is many leaders of mormon churches as well...

2007-11-26 03:20:57 · 23 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

O'Ryan staggered home very late after another evening
with his drinking buddy, Paddy. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife,
Mary. He tiptoed as quietly as he could toward the stairs leading
to their up stairs bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught
himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed
heavily on his rump. A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and
made the landing especially painful. Managing not to yell, Flynn
sprung up, pulled down his pants, and looked in the hall mirror to see
that his butt cheeks were cut and bleeding. He managed to quietly
find a full box of Band-Aids and began putting a Band-Aid as best he could
on each place he saw blood. He then hid the now almost empty Band-Aid box
and shuffled and stumbled his way to bed. In the morning, Flynn woke up
with searing pain in both his head and butt and Mary staring at him from
across the room. She said, "You were drunk again last night weren't
you?"
22 hours ago - 3 days left to answer.
Additional Details
22 hours ago

" Flynn said, "Why do you say such a mean thing? " Well, "
Mary said, "it could be the open front door, it could be the broken glass at the
bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops of blood trailing through
the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes, but mostly.....it's
all those Band-Aids stuck on the hall mirror!".

2007-11-26 03:20:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-11-26 03:20:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-26 03:20:08 · 21 answers · asked by sofia 5 in Etiquette