[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Brethren (and Sisters), in these days of plague we must take our entertainment where we can. So I would like to put out a challenge to the many catlicks who infest these forums.

Tonight is what is known - particularly by the Krauts and associated Nordic heathens - as Walpurgis Night. It is the night before the "feast day" of someone called Saint Walpurga, an uppity Englishwoman who was some sort of missionary to Godless Europe in the 8th century. She and her entire family seem to have been made into "saints" by the unwilling Pope Adrian II. He didn't even want to be a pope, so pretty much did what he was told. (I suspect the influence of nuns there.)

But the main thing about Walpurga is that she was venerated by the Germans for her powers against "pest, rabies and whooping cough, as well as against witchcraft".

Let's ignore the minor problem that she doesn't seem to have achieved a lot in wiping out rabies or whooping cough. Instead, in these times of the Corvidian pestilence, I call on all the saint-botherers who infest these forums to invoke the powers of this woman against that. If your saint lives up to your claims, then I expect the pestilence to be eradicated by close of play tomorrow.

I shall not be holding my breath.

[MitzaLizalor]

Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey

It is the night before the "feast day" of someone called Saint Walpurga, an uppity Englishwoman who was etc.[/URL]"

Walpurga doesn't sound very feminine by today's standard. Satan will be using "her" to "answer prayers" I suppose by disregarding the fourteen thousand unanswered requests and notifying pope Joyboy (or whatever he was) of the two or three unremarkable outcomes such as I knocked over the salt and a demon didn't steal the fire from my hearth. Wow! A cricket could achieve as much but is there a patron saint of crickets?

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Originally Posted by MitzaLizalor

A cricket could achieve as much but is there a patron saint of crickets?

Richie Benaud would be the obvious candidate, but was he a catholic? Probably not.

[Phil Ander]

Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey

Richie Benaud would be the obvious candidate, but was he a catholic? Probably not.

Quite correct. The Benauds were Hugenots who fled the cathlick menace.


Phil D'Ander