The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A RELIGIOUS TRADITION

ON HOLY THURSDAY MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE US KIDS AND WE WOULD WALK
A PILGRIMAGE OF SEVEN CHURCHES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AT EACH CHURCH
WE WOULD STOP AND PRAY. THIS WAS DONE TO COMMEMORATE THE SEVEN
LAST WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS.

Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN HER MOTHERS HOME

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM