Same. I’m sure I’ve seen the word before but havn’t registered it because I didn’t have the context for what it meant. I’ve noticed that when I look into the history of a weird word I’ll start to notice that it’s a lot more common than I thought
100%! Learning about the origin of words is so fascinating. I grew up an avid reader but it wasn’t until I read game of thrones and reached a passage that said something like “she broke her fast with bread…” that I even realized where the world “breakfast” came from!! It blew my mind
Well I think that's more or less the idea of all the neo-Christian churches out there
Fascinating reading. I wonder if there is still a market for this?
1000% having done zero research I can confirm that if you walk far enough into the Romanian countryside you’re gonna find a modern day sin eater
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I’d had no idea about this practice! How enlightening.
Same. I’m sure I’ve seen the word before but havn’t registered it because I didn’t have the context for what it meant. I’ve noticed that when I look into the history of a weird word I’ll start to notice that it’s a lot more common than I thought
100%! Learning about the origin of words is so fascinating. I grew up an avid reader but it wasn’t until I read game of thrones and reached a passage that said something like “she broke her fast with bread…” that I even realized where the world “breakfast” came from!! It blew my mind
It’s blowing my mind right now. It’s so obvious but never in a million years would I have guessed that’s the history of it.
Right?! So fun haha anyway thank you for this piece and enlightening me!