From: wugi@brol.invalid   
      
   Op 23/10/2025 om 17:59 schreef HenHanna@NewsGrouper:   
   >   
   > DDeden  posted:   
      
      
   >> Thanks Hen, that is great. I recall 'pale' being a word for a stick or   
   post, probably related to 'impale'.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Pale meaning stick --- (according to the book (The Roots of English) by   
   R.Claiborne) is related to   
   >                         trepalium (torture device made of 3 sticks) and to   
   the word Travel. and to Pagans   
      
    From torture to work, to travel and labour, the word has traveled quite   
   a bit. Don't forget "pole", be aware of homonyms.   
      
   Here in S.Am. you'll find "palo borracho" trees, "drunken sticks" (also   
   in Spain). A pink-white and a yellow-white flower species can be found   
   (to be in blossom soon, I hope). The trunk is bottle-shaped, and covered   
   with prickles, as are the branches. In the Ceiba° genus like the Kapok   
   tree, within the Malvaceae family like the Baobab.   
      
   °Not the same as the Ceibo tree, itself in the Fabaceae family, and   
   national tree of Argentina.   
      
   --   
   guido wugi   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)