(September 9, 2014 at 4:02 pm)Keri Wrote:(September 9, 2014 at 3:28 pm)Losty Wrote: Hmmm I don't think I get the joke.
Not a joke. A bundle of sticks is called a faggot in reference to burning at the stake but I think that it's based on an urban legend.
In relation to burning at the stake, that part might be urban legend, but the usage of the term to describe a bundle of sticks (or a bundle generically) dates from 13th century English (faggot) and French (fagot).