I found this info in a little book called, 'Stupid Ancient History'. We use this word a lot and have a good understanding of it's meaning. Do you know what the origin of this word is? Where did it come from to begin with, not that it really seems to matter much to people.
It had to do with Ancient Rome, when a Roman was taking an oath. He was to swear to tell nothing but the truth, the whole truth. He would place his right hand (turn your head. Close your eyes now) on his testicles. I can't imagine what this actually looked like and don't know if I would want to!
I'm glad that we don't practice that in America today. It may have been practiced even before this, in the Old Testament. Here is a web page containing some info on this: Yahoo Answers UK
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