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.
WOOLSACK
Etymology
Noun
woolsack (plural woolsacks)
A wool bale or cushion, the traditional seat of the Lord Speaker in the British House of Lords.
Source: Wiktionary
Wool"sack`, n.
Definition: A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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