Sabzi: That is the oldest reference that exists. Correct, the Minhag predates writing it. So, as I said earlier, it’s around the turn of the 19th century or a bit earlier. The Christians’ Avodah Zarah Minhag in this regard predates it by over a millennium. I don’t know why people can’t see, at the very least in this case, that it is obviously a borrowed Minhag with roots in Avodah Zarah Mamash.
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