(December 18, 2013 at 9:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Greek mythology should be left to Greeks.
And fairy tales should be left to children, but alas, we've got a lot of gullible saps walkin around.
That being said, I didn't start this thread because I want to know more about the ancient Greeks, hell, I couldn't give two shits. I'm far more perplexed that this custom could be so common here in the US in the middle of the 19th century. If it was so common, as they say, what happened to it and what religion embraced it???
I guess I'll have to do some more research.