Pronunciation of the English word mistletoe.
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1. | I kissed him under the mistletoe. | |
2. | I used the mistletoe as an excuse to kiss him. | |
3. | From the center of the ceiling of this kitchen, old Wardle had just suspended with his own hands a huge branch of mistletoe. | |
4. | A more barbarous form of these rejoicings took place among the rude peoples of the north where great blocks of wood blazed in honor of Odin and Thor, and sacrifices of men and cattle were made to them. Mistletoe was cut then from the sacred oaks with a golden sickle by the Prince of the Druids. | |
5. | Mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration. | |
6. | According to an old Christmas custom, if a woman is caught standing under hanging mistletoe, a man may kiss her. | |
7. | The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens at Christmas, and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under it, plucking each time a berry from the bush. When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases. | |
8. | Tom kissed Mary under the mistletoe. | |
9. | Tom kissed Mary under the mistletoe on Christmas Eve. | |
10. | Then hang the green coronet of the Christmas-tree with glittering baubles and jewels of flame; heap offerings on its emerald branches; bring the Yule log to the firing; deck the house with holly and mistletoe, "And all the bells on earth shall ring On Christmas day in the morning." |