Karat Tree

I was looking at the kind of tree that Yeshu was hung on, and it turns out to be a kind of bush that bears some weird pod fruit called a carob, said to be an alternative for chocolate. What’s weird is that the word carob is where we get the word karat, because the fruit was used to weigh gold and stuff back then. Maybe this is why God hates the fruit from the tree known as the “karat” tree(!), from that apocryphal book in the Black Adder trial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carob_tree

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About Jeff Q

I live in New Orleans. I have a Bachelors in Computer Science and a Masters in English Literature. My interests include ancient history, religion, mythology, philosophy, and fantasy/sci-fi. My Twitter handle is @Bahumuth.

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