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A good question. I always thought that someone turned that around for humorous
purposes and that it was originally that one would not drown if innocent. Does
anyone have the souces for this?
--V.K. Inman
Quoting Dr Rosemary Hayes <[log in to unmask]>:
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> How does this all relate to the ordeal for witches who floated if guilty and
> sank if innocent - or do I have it the wrong way round?
>
> Best wishes
> Rosemary Hayes
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> From: "Denis Hue" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] Water and drowning
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> a curious case in Joinville's Vie de Saint Louis: a Crusader falls in the
> sea, he cannot swim but doesn't sink: he's put his life in the hands of Mary
> so, very peacefully, he floats until another boats picks him up.
>
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> Denis Hüe,
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Daniell <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:57 PM
> Subject: [M-R] Water
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> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> > The recent thread about 'holy water' has another aspect - that of
> > Christians being unable to drown and pagans / unbelievers drowning. This
> > has Biblical examples (Parting of the Red Sea, Noah, Christ walking on
> > water etc) and was a motif used extensively by Medieval Christian writers.
> > If anyone is interested I can supply some additional examples
> >
> > Chris Daniell
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