The Press., 1898-05-12
Rag Offerings.

4u0 o1uSuldI Ol 4CofAAS AdS6 and other worthless objects at wells has not entirely fallen into disuse. The superstition in a modified form exists in other portions of the world. A trav- eler in Persia found a tree with rags tied to its branches. They had been left there by the inhabitants of province infected with ague. A tree hung with rags was found by another traveller in Africa. Crooked pins, old clothes, peb bles, shells, rusty nails, small coins, and even bundles of heath were consid cred appropriate thank offerings at shrines in earlier days, for it was be- lieved that the saints and apostles did not care for articles of value.
 Such was the superstitious adoration of fountains that it was forbidden by the sixteenth of the canons issued in 96O, ill the reign of King Edgar, and it was condemned by the canons of St. Anselm. It was also interdicted by laws passed in the reign of King Canute. Since the reformation the practice has not been prevalent, except in Ireland, where many old wells consecrated to saints and martyrs are yet made places of pilgrimage There is scarcely parish throughout the land that has not it's own holy well where, despite practical admonition, the faithful and the faith less come to pray for physical or mental relief and leave behind them scrap of rag as an offering. Magazine. She-There is doctor in Berlin who after :. great deal cf study has found that married men live longer than bach elors.
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