In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BELOMANCY
Etymology
Noun
belomancy (uncountable)
Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
Source: Wiktionary
Bel"o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. ; arrow + a diviner: cf. F. bélomancie.]
Definition: A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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