Welcome to brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com where smart happens. Hi and Marshall brain with today's question, what are frankincense and Mr? Frankinsense and murr are both resins or dried tree sap that come from trees, which are common to Somalia. The way that people collect the sap is similar to the way people collect rubber tree sap or pine tree sap. Cutting the tree's bark causes the sap to ooze out of the cut. The sap used to create both frankinsense and mur comes slowly and
it's allowed to dry on the tree. The hardened sap is then chipped off and collected and used as frankinsense and mur Both. In the time of the Three Wise Men and today, frankinsense and murr are commonly used to create incense. You mix frankinsense with things like spices, seeds, and roots to create different aromas. Traditionally, you burn the powdered incense with a piece of charcoal in a sense or or on a small stand. Do you have any
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