tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post3755997345075236684..comments2024-03-12T18:36:35.003-05:00Comments on Catholic Architecture and History of Toledo, Ohio: From a Diary ...Jeffrey Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05227411938775535934noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-80977833621434455562007-10-14T22:30:00.000-05:002007-10-14T22:30:00.000-05:00Apparently, in South America you get "devil dancer...Apparently, in South America you get "devil dancers" instead. But nobody beats them up; they just dance.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-1271226320661740062007-10-14T22:20:00.000-05:002007-10-14T22:20:00.000-05:00Re: "kill the devil"Corpus Christi processions in ...Re: "kill the devil"<BR/><BR/>Corpus Christi processions in Europe often marched all around the bounds of a parish, and included a dragon banner or effigy. This may have originally been a symbol of the earth and fertility (praying for crops being a seasonally appropriate thing) of the Roman state, or even of Christ (Easter candles in the Middle Ages often jutted out of the mouth of a snake or dragon-shaped candlestick). <BR/><BR/>But in later times, the dragon became more and more identified as the Devil, and the procession around the bounds as showing him that he wasn't allowed inside the parish. Such processions often ended with the Devil-dragon effigy being "killed", either by being burned or beaten like a pinata. Sometimes they ended by driving the Devil out of the parish and into the next parish, which often resulted in fights with the next parish.<BR/><BR/>I think this would jazz up our contemporary Corpus Christi celebrations something wonderful. (The effigy beating, I mean, not the intra-parish brawl.) :)Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-45812336142787429162007-10-13T09:26:00.000-05:002007-10-13T09:26:00.000-05:00Heyheyheynow ... ;) heheh- That's okay, I'm sure y...Heyheyheynow ... ;) heheh- That's okay, I'm sure you already realize you've been infiltrated ... that's an interesting diary. I read the entire thing. At other points, the writer, who may have been a young schoolteacher, says "Had two letters. One from Sister Mary" (she may have inadvertently capped "Sister", so Mary may or may not have been a nun. She also speaks of "dear sister Sophia", "brother Robert", and "sister Martha"). Also says "Did not go to church. It was German". And on another Sunday, "Rained so that we could not go to church." The french-church post makes it apparent that the writer went to a different church. Whether or not it was one of the German Catholic churches or one of the German Lutheran churches, we'll just have to wonder. ;)ShariYShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248944687701144161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-52753970295164285602007-10-12T11:42:00.000-05:002007-10-12T11:42:00.000-05:00I checked the date on that handy All Saints parish...I checked the date on that handy All Saints parish website. : )Kevin Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947339190946199446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142841714418512823.post-28551903311062944002007-10-11T22:22:00.000-05:002007-10-11T22:22:00.000-05:00A loony Protestant misreading the situation?A loony Protestant misreading the situation?Jeffrey Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669565372315999650noreply@blogger.com