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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 645 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PALMER , a See also:

PILGRIM

pilgrim who as a sign or token that he had made See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine carried a See also:

palm-See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch attached to his See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff, or more frequently a See also:

CROSS

cross made of two strips of palm-See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf fastened to his See also:

HAT

hat. The word is frequently used as synonymous with " pilgrim " (see PILGRIMAGE). The name "palmer " or " palmer-See also:

WORM

worm " is often given to many kinds of hairy cater-pillars, specifically to that of the destructive tineid See also:

MOTH

moth, Ypsilophus pometella. The name is either due to the See also:

ENGLISH

English use of " palm " for the blossom or catkin of the See also:

WILLOW (Salix)

willow-See also:

tree, to which the caterpillars See also:

bear some resemblance, or to the wandering pilgrim-like habits of such caterpillars.

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