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.
EIRE
Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, Eire
(noun) a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Eire, n.
Definition: Air. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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