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.
FAGOTTI
Noun
fagotti
plural of fagotto
Source: Wiktionary
FAGOTTO
Fa*got"to, n. Etym: [It. See Fagot.] (Mus.)
Definition: The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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