ASS IN A CHURCH.
AN UNABASHED PEASANT. LONDON. Aug. 12.
The episode detailed in one of Rudyard KipHne's poems of the ass who went to church has had a parallel in Italy. An Italian peasant rode a donkey into a church near Rome while the priest was celebrating mass. He was arrested and accused of violating "sacred objects."
For such violation the Italian code prescribes heavy penalties. The peasant declared he was unaware that he was offending. He believed that he could enter a church the same as a home with his donkey, which was his faithful companion. The case was taken to the Court and the Judge dismissed it, holding that the acfcual church, building was not a "sacred object."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18175, 22 August 1922, Page 7
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121ASS IN A CHURCH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18175, 22 August 1922, Page 7
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