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.
SHINTY
Etymology
Noun
shinty (uncountable)
(sports) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
Synonyms
• camanachd
Anagrams
• snithy
Source: Wiktionary
Shin"ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound.]
Definition: A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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