Editing Sickle (section)

===Iron Age===
[[File:1255 - Keramikos Museum, Athens - Iron tool - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 12 2009.jpg|thumb|[[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] iron sickle, [[Kerameikos]] Archaeological Museum, Athens.]]
The sickle played a prominent role in the [[Druid|Druids']] [[Ritual of oak and mistletoe]] as described from a single passage in [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'':
{{cquote|A priest arrayed in white vestments climbs the tree and, with a golden sickle, cuts down the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloak. Then finally they kill the victims, praying to a god to render his gift propitious to those on whom he has bestowed it. They believe that mistletoe given in drink will impart fertility to any animal that is barren and that it is an antidote to all poisons.<ref>Pliny the Elder. Natural History XVI, 95.</ref>}}

Due to this passage, despite the fact that Pliny does not indicate the source on which he based this account, some branches of [[Druidry (modern)|modern Druidry]] (Neodruids) have adopted the sickle as a ritual tool.{{Cn|date=March 2021}}