DEVILS AT A WEDDING.
- ' 9 - :, Kw ,.. FATALITY IN CASTING OUT. "Casting out "devils" is a custom p vailing in some parts of the South Itali ! district of Salerno, where exorcism | evil spirits by means of ancient riti i has caused the death if a woman 1 lieved to be "possessed."' After a wedding banquet at an inla village, one of the guests, AntonieNigro, having fed well, if not wise showed signs of mental disturban Shouting disconnected sentences, she i to the ground, writhing in contortions No explanation occurred to the pc; ants present but that Antonietta w I possessed by a legion of evil spirits, j In accordance with the ancient tra I dition or St. Antonino, the stir f maniac was carried in a procc j the wedding party to the c ■ which is a broken column w" • times devils were wont to By the legendary ritup passed around the feet, - the neck of tlie subject and round the eolum*When the evil spi I invisible hands rip Having bound waited in ' minutes, entered tl | womar writh I her
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 154, 1 July 1924, Page 3
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179DEVILS AT A WEDDING. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 154, 1 July 1924, Page 3
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