(May 17, 2015 at 7:28 am)ignoramus Wrote:(May 17, 2015 at 4:26 am)LastPoet Wrote: A bunch of twigs is a faggot.
Then what's a bunch of faggots? (please don't say "Village people")
It is a bunch of bunches. Think of it this way: Groups of twigs are tied together with twine or rope or string or whatever, so that they are easier to move around. One then can have several such groupings. I seem to recall seeing them that way for burning people at the stake.
See:
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.