Blessed Bran
blessed This lady also told me that it was a custom on Ash Wednesday for everyone to recei ve a piece of _Blessed_ _Bran_. Apparently wood was burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday. The placing of ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday is a custom of the Roman Catholic Church. The wood that rem...
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| Language: | English |
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1973
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11865 |
| Summary: | blessed This lady also told me that it was a custom on Ash Wednesday for everyone to recei ve a piece of _Blessed_ _Bran_. Apparently wood was burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday. The placing of ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday is a custom of the Roman Catholic Church. The wood that remained unburnt was called Blessed Bran. Each person had to clean out his stove and lay a new fire with this piece of Blessed Bran at the bottom. This burning of the Blessed Bran would protect the house from fire for that year. This custom has also died out. Yes DNE-cit JH 11/73 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as M 71-121 |
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