• JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.

    Ambrose Bierce: JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.
    Ambrose Bierce (1906). “The Cynic's Word Book”, p.207, Lulu.com