Alison Maloney wrote:
"
I haven't come across this particular one but the formula is
very similar
to many charms which people carried ( I know of some in use as late as
the early twentieth century).....
....... Even when they invoke the strangest forms of aid, they almost
always end with "In the name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit/Ghost" &
have a cross drawn on them."
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While only tangential to Alison's remarks (and, of course, to the
original prayer to the Virgin in question ), it is interesting to note
the conscious parallel structurings and de-structurings (technically, a
reverse undoing) not only of charms but of curses in relation to
traditional prayer formulae, likewise the emeregence of newer "models"
of prayer formularies in relation to popular charms and curses.
The material on curses... specifically the history and ongoing
development of officially sanctioned ( to some degree or another )
liturgical curses ( the 'clamor' and the 'maledictio' in particular )
is thoroughly presented in
Lester K. Little Benedictine Maledictions: Liturgical
Cursing in Romanesque France. Ithaca and London: Cornell
University Press, 1993.
A fascinating read .
Josef Gulka
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