At 01:25 PM 7/25/2000 +0100, you wrote:
> The safe escape of
>> St.Margaret from the dragon's belly was an obvious symbol of childbirth and
>> so manuscripts of the text were made for use by women about to give birth.
>>
>As the dragon explodes, I've never understood what the
>women liked about the symbol.
Maybe that's exactly the point--someone ELSE popped open ;)
Best, Carol
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Augustine, to Truth: Your best servant is the one who does not attend
so much to hearing what he himself wants as to
willing what he has heard from you.
Confessions, Book X
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