Who holds pears like that?!

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I have a fig tree in my yard and it also produces so much I share the figs with neighbors. 


Koen, the etymology info you posted is very interesting.

Visually, the objects look more like pears or figs (except for that funny little line coming out of the end), but if it has linguistic connections to genitals, then maybe the classical tale of testicles is not quite so far-fetched.