“BLESSING OF THE THROAT”
People in all walks of life.; front citv men to .bumble working -folk. « knelt in the dim light of the!>Jefltnries-oljCjsftman fMholie rbnrch olace. Holhorn. Lofidoif, to rectW'the blessing of the throat” on Candlemas Dav. The ceremony ivss two lighted candles.-linked vith red silk of a. St; Andrew’s cross. Tito people knelt;;at the altar rail, and all day long the priest mbved no and down the jinn, pla&n&t.hh crutch of the cross between every chin, and murn”'r"d a Latin prayer over each bowed .head. Usually as many as. 3000 people seeking- cures attend the •..ceremony. '■
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 28 April 1934, Page 7
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