Candice: Hammer in right hand, left holding nail in place or steadying the
boot.
I guess you don't do much carpentry.
At 03:21 PM 8/10/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Then there's the famous booty tale of St. Mark & the cobbler:
>When (my name is, my name is) Evangelical M processed into the
>city of Alexandria to be consecrated bishop (missing thumb
>notwithstanding), one of his boots fell apart and was given to
>a local cobbler for repair. While working on Mark's boot, tho',
>the cobbler wounded his left hand quite badly and, as he did so,
>uttered this "ejaculation" (a word we Catholic kids would repeatedly
>try to get the priest to say during Catechism class): "Ah, one and
>only God!"
>
>St. Mark, overhearing the cobbler as he waited for his boot so that
>the parade could go on, ejaculated in turn: "Truly doth the Lord
>bless my path!" Then he spat on the cobbler's injured LEFT hand and
>healed it, instantly--which was very nice, of course, but what I've
>always wondered is if it was _necessary_, given the low odds of any
>cobbler's being left-handed. And yet, we're repeatedly told that he
>hurt his left hand, tho' never that he was a southpaw.
>
>Candice
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>At 11:34 AM 8/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>Some of you may also remember St. Brigid of the BIg Foot, from the movie
>>"Bedazzled," who leaped to heaven in the flesh. Her principle relic was the
>>giant boot she left behind.
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>>>But which Brigid is yours (i.e., where is she from)? There's Brigid of
>>>Sweden, who's quite famous for mysticism, but I've never heard her called
>>>"Bride," which is an Irish nickname for Bridget (one of my family's New
>>>York "courtesy aunts," Auntie Bridie, was one Bridget Conlon of the Old
>>>Sod). Since your Brigid is also associated with cows, she's probably the
>>>Irish one, given the _Tain_ (Ireland's great cattle-rustling epic)--
>>>wouldn't you agree, Randolph?
>>>
>>>Candice
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