donnerbesen

Updated: January 20, 2026

The Swiss name for mistletoe, donnerbesen, "thunder besom," illustrates its divine origin, on account of which it was supposed to protect the homestead from fire, and hence in Sweden it has long been suspended in farm-houses, like the mountain-ash in Scotland.

T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer - The Folk-lore of Plants