Try Gregory's Dialogues, Bk. 1, Ch. 4, PL 77.168-9
best wishes
Bella M.
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:28:48 -1000 "Dr. Karen Jolly"
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> I've blanked out and need help finding an anecdote--the one about
> the nun who incautiously ate a lettuce without blessing it first and
> thereby accidentally ate a little demon (who afterwards complained that
> it wasn't HIS fault...). I can't remember in what collection of exempla
> I read it--anywhere from Gregory the Great and Gregory of Tours to
> Caesarius of Heisterbach and Etienne de Bourbon. Anyone recall offhand?
>
> Many thanks,
> Karen
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> Dr. Karen Jolly
> Associate Professor, History
> University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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