Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COSCINOMANCY
Etymology
Noun
coscinomancy (uncountable)
Divination by the use of a suspended sieve sometimes from tongs or shears. The movement of the sieve when a person's name or word is spoken is interpreted.
Source: Wiktionary
Cos*cin"o*man`cy (ks-sn"-mn`s or ks"s-n-), n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy.]
Definition: Divination by means of a suspended sieve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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