Posted on 04/22/2017 10:08:44 AM PDT by Jyotishi
"Eating wood and leaves has become my habit now," Butt was quoted as saying.
Lahore - A man in Pakistan's Punjab province has been surviving on fresh leaves and wood for the last 25 years and has never fallen ill. Mehmood Butt, 50, who hails from Gujranwala district in Punjab province, started eating on leaves at the age of 25 as he had no work and could not afford a basic meal. "There was too much poverty in my family. Everything was beyond limit and it was very difficult for me to get a meal, so I thought it is better to eat wood rather than begging on a street," Butt said.
"Eating wood and leaves has become my habit now," Butt was quoted as saying by 'The News International'. Years later, as he took up work and could afford meals, he found himself strangely keen on maintaining his unique eating practice, the report said. Butt, who earns Rs 600 a day by transporting things from one place to another on his donkey cart, has never fallen ill and is always looking to consume fresh wood and leaves.
He said wood from Banyan, Tali and Suck Chain trees were his favourites. "He has never visited a doctor or any hospital. We are shocked how can a person not fall ill despite eating wood all these years," his neighbour Ghulam Mohammad said. "He will stop his cart on the roadside anytime and will eat fresh tree branches," Mohammad said. Butt is popular in his area for his eating habits as people see him munching leaves but never taking ill, the report said.
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“My last name is Butt. Where does this somewhat odd name originate?”
Jacob Butt, Montreal, Canada
Butt is a caste name in Kashmir. I’m not sure about the origin of the name, but present day Butts in Pakistan, are stereotyped as hearty, loud, gregarious, rambunctious people who love rich foods, especially sweetmeats. If you have these qualities then maybe you have Kashmiri ancestry.
Matteela, Lahore, Pakistan
PS Butts are deathly afraid of Himalayan bears.
In Medieval England every village had ‘butts’, which was an area set aside for practicing with bow and arrow etc. I would suggest that perhaps your name derives from one of your ancestors being the keeper of one of these.
Hilary *******, Pizarra, Spain
According to a book written by George F Jones, entitled German-American Names a definition of the name Butt is “plaice, fishmonger”. The name Butz, or Butts means “scarecrow”. Also, the name Butt may have originally been spelled as Bott or Botts. The definition of this name, according to Mr. Jones’ book, is “bogeyman”.
Liz *********, Freehold, New Jersey, USA
Plus, we’re just taking him at his word that he never “takes sick,” “falls ill,” etc.
In the neighborhood I grew up in in a suburb of Denver there was a family named Butts. Must have been the German kind because they were light-skinned and blonde.
I wonder if he ever tried kratom leaves?
Reading Euell Gibbons taught me to open up sea urchins to eat the eggs. Actually quite good.
O.K., you win.
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