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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture This - or a similar story - taken from Gregory’s Dialogorum libri is also found in Thomas of Chobham’s Summa confessorum (Questio IIIa cap. x). I mentioned it in my Ph.D. thesis and pointed out that there was more than Mr McGregor for Peter Rabbit to fear in the kitchen garden - I would like to think this is the only reference to a Beatrix Potter story found in a thesis on medieval religious literature. Do you know any more about the OE piece? Could it also have been taken from Gregory, or were similar parallel stories circulating? all the best Cate Cate Gunn [log in to unmask] > On 9 Dec 2015, at 22:27, Jane Stemp Wickenden <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Meg, > > I'm afraid this isn't 100% germane, but you bring back memories ... > > I had a piece of Old English prose to translate unseen for my English degree (can't remember whether it was Mods or Finals now! - but 1981 or 1983 in any case). The piece was helpfully entitled ''The nun, the lettuce and the devil": > > A nun was told to gather a lettuce for the convent's meal, but for all she pulled the lettuce would not uproot. The Mother Superior, who was a very saintly woman, went to investigate, saw the devil sitting on the lettuce and realised that the nun hadn't made the sign of the cross (ne hadde mid rode gebletsode, I think it was). Upon the nun's correctly making the sign, the devil fled and the lettuce came out of the ground .... > > For lettuce possibly read cabbage. It was a long time ago. > > Jane > > > On 09/12/2015 19:05, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote: >> It immediately occurs to me that crossing oneself before eating was recommended in the pre-Reformation western church, though that's presumably an apotropaic device rather than an expression of gratitude. > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion