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DURING A SEVERE THUNDER STORM IT IS A CUSTOM OF
PEOPLE IN POLAND TO LIGHT A CANDLE, WHICH WAS
BLESSED ON ST. BLAISE'S DAY, AND SAY THE WORDS:
"HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, THE LORD WILL SHIELD US."
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER DOING THIS, MANY YEARS
AGO WHEN I WAS STILL VERY YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-21-1970