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ALWAYS OPEN

CHAPEL IN BRITTAINY. On one of the northern slopes of the high ground of the Montagne Noire, in Brittany, there is a small chapel dedicated to Saint Brigide. Its door is never shut.

Saint Brigide is the saint of motherhood, and in the hour of trial if suffering seems more than is usual a member of the family is despatched . to the chapel to pray to Saint Brigide for safe and speedy delivery. As a thanks offering, when the happy event has taken place, one of the baby s tiny bonnets is laid lovingly on the altar. Childless women pray to Saint Brigide, and dip a nightdress in the fountain of the chapel.

Saint Brigide is also supposed to cure all female ailments, a gift received from the Virgin Mary. They tell you in Brittany that when Saint Joseph went lor help he found only a woman with no arms. She consented all the same to go with him to the manger, and as she entered the door she was made whole and her arms restored, and it was she who received the infant Jesus and washed him (From "Les Saints-Bretons,” by Anatole Le Braz).

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1938, Page 9

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197

ALWAYS OPEN Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1938, Page 9

ALWAYS OPEN Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1938, Page 9

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