MR List Members: I've just
come from my regular appointment with my spiritual director, a Catholic nun of
Irish ancestry who was raised in Philadelphia, Pa. (USA), who asked me if I'd
ever heard of the following: Bathing in the ocean on
August 15 of each year is believed to impart healing properties. She reports
that her parents, family and others did so "religiously" (at the New Jersey
shore) every year.
Have any of you heard of this practice? If so, do
you know of its origins?
//Tom
Dr. Thomas Lawrence Long
Professor of English
Editor-in-Chief, Harrington Gay Men's
Literary Quarterly
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