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.
LOGGATS
Noun
loggats
plural of loggat
Source: Wiktionary
LOGGAT
Log"gat, n. Etym: [Also written logget.]
1. A small log or piece of wood. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. pl.
Definition: An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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