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Friday, July 22, 2022

DID YOU KNOW...

 DID YOU KNOW...

Using Forks Used to Be Seen as Sacrilegious


 What the fork? Forks, the widely used eating utensils, were once seen as blasphemous. They were first introduced in Italy in the 11th Century. These spiked spaghetti-twirling instruments were seen as an offense to God. And why, do you ask? Because they were "artificial hands" and as such was considered to be sacrilegious.

10 comments:

  1. I had no idea. Very interesting.

    Have a fabulous day and weekend. ♥

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  2. Did not know that. Interesting.

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  3. I am glad we have moved on - in that area at least.

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  4. Oh my. Who thinks up what is a sin?

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  5. I am so enjoying the segment of your blog posts. I am learning so much.

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  6. That is correct. The response of the clergy was that it was wrong to say the fingers G-d gave you weren't good enough for transporting food to your mouth.

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  7. So they preferred you to twirl the spaghetti around your fingers? Could be fun...

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  8. I'm sure our cult followers will outlaw forks next. Nothing would surprise me these days. I like your "did you know" day a lot!

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