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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 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. >>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 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%