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.
FILIBEG
Noun
filibeg (plural filibegs)
Alternative form of philibeg
Source: Wiktionary
Fil"i*beg, n. Etym: [Gael. feileadhbeag, i.e., little kilt; feileadh kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait, fold.]
Definition: Same as Kilt. [Written also philibeg.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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