The word can mean Garlands.
Tom Izbicki
At 08:20 PM 5/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear medieval-religion,
>
>One of my history department colleagues who studies Québec, Ronald Rudin,
>asked me the following question, and because I couldn’t help, I am hoping
>that the considerable brain power of this list can come up with something.
>Ron is looking at a ceremony held in the late 19th century when the remains
>of Bishop Laval (17th c?) were found. The church leaders cleaned up the
>bones and put them on display, in the process encouraging people to place
>crowns (couronnes) around the casket. Does this practice mean anything to
>anybody?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Shannon McSheffrey
>Department of History, LB-601
>Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
>Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3G 1M8
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