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I linked Animal sacrifice to this article. -- Wi2g 23:58, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
This article draws from a single source. Green's reputation notwithstanding, the article should be expanded to include other sources. (From editorial tags.) -- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 04:04, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
The following material was removed for being irrelevant, unsubstantiated, or for merely repeating Pliny's report:
-- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 05:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
>>>removed: "The sickle, if made of gold, would be difficult to cut with, though a gilt sickle made of a stronger metal might have been used." Is this an actual part of ms green's observations or someone else's? I think not, and that isn't clear. At any rate, a person familiar with mistletoe would laugh at this notion, since the plant is a fragile green herb which parasitizes the branches of oak and is easily broken off with fingers, no need for any sharp implement and certainly nothing sharper or stronger than gold is needed. This was a CEREMONY. So this statement is ludicrous, misleading,fallacious, not historically accurate, unfounded and unnecessary to include. Besides apparently someone else's words and not ms green's. So I removed it. 67.42.151.202 ( talk) 11:24, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
The original article stated that the practice occurred in Gaul; but I have seen claims elsewhere that the name "druid" was exclusively used in Britain, and druids were not attested in other parts of the Celtic world. I have removed the reference to Gaul pending verification of this point. -- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 05:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
24.50.151.151 ( talk) 15:13, 28 December 2014 (UTC) results from the rich nutrients in mistletoe leaves, similar to maple being rich. http://www.sott.net/article/290551-Mistletoe-The-vampire-of-the-forest So the ritual was acknowledging fertility?
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I linked Animal sacrifice to this article. -- Wi2g 23:58, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
This article draws from a single source. Green's reputation notwithstanding, the article should be expanded to include other sources. (From editorial tags.) -- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 04:04, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
The following material was removed for being irrelevant, unsubstantiated, or for merely repeating Pliny's report:
-- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 05:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
>>>removed: "The sickle, if made of gold, would be difficult to cut with, though a gilt sickle made of a stronger metal might have been used." Is this an actual part of ms green's observations or someone else's? I think not, and that isn't clear. At any rate, a person familiar with mistletoe would laugh at this notion, since the plant is a fragile green herb which parasitizes the branches of oak and is easily broken off with fingers, no need for any sharp implement and certainly nothing sharper or stronger than gold is needed. This was a CEREMONY. So this statement is ludicrous, misleading,fallacious, not historically accurate, unfounded and unnecessary to include. Besides apparently someone else's words and not ms green's. So I removed it. 67.42.151.202 ( talk) 11:24, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
The original article stated that the practice occurred in Gaul; but I have seen claims elsewhere that the name "druid" was exclusively used in Britain, and druids were not attested in other parts of the Celtic world. I have removed the reference to Gaul pending verification of this point. -- Jorge Stolfi ( talk) 05:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
24.50.151.151 ( talk) 15:13, 28 December 2014 (UTC) results from the rich nutrients in mistletoe leaves, similar to maple being rich. http://www.sott.net/article/290551-Mistletoe-The-vampire-of-the-forest So the ritual was acknowledging fertility?