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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen -- http://www.lulu.com/yarnwright http://yarnwright.etsy.com http://yarnwright.com http://noreensknitche.com http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us http://optional-knitting.com http://yarnscapes.com --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000731-1, 04/08/2007 Tested: 4/9/2007 12:03:17 PM avast! - (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com |
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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
suzee wrote:
YarnWright wrote: Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen I was raised Catholic, and I never heard of this! Could be it's a superstition (?) unique to this family...? sue I "Googled" for it and found these links for you. http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mstjoe.html http://www.fisheaters.com/stjoestatue.html I hope these help. Bernadette -- |
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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
suzee spun a FINE 'yarn':
YarnWright wrote: Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen I was raised Catholic, and I never heard of this! Could be it's a superstition (?) unique to this family...? sue --- end quoted Thanks, anyways, Sue. (I was raised Catholic, the Church left me at age 13-ish, I left IT at age 18, and I HAD heard of it. It COULD be a Polish Catholic thing, they're very big on St. Joseph.... Noreen -- http://www.lulu.com/yarnwright http://yarnwright.etsy.com http://yarnwright.com http://noreensknitche.com http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us http://optional-knitting.com http://yarnscapes.com --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000731-1, 04/08/2007 Tested: 4/9/2007 2:02:51 PM avast! - (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com |
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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
Bernadette spun a FINE 'yarn':
suzee wrote: YarnWright wrote: Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen I was raised Catholic, and I never heard of this! Could be it's a superstition (?) unique to this family...? sue I "Googled" for it and found these links for you. http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mstjoe.html http://www.fisheaters.com/stjoestatue.html I hope these help. Bernadette end quoted Thanks, Bernadette! I'll forward this info to the feuding family mambers. Noreen -- http://www.lulu.com/yarnwright http://yarnwright.etsy.com http://yarnwright.com http://noreensknitche.com http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us http://optional-knitting.com http://yarnscapes.com --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000731-1, 04/08/2007 Tested: 4/9/2007 2:02:53 PM avast! - (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com |
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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
YarnWright wrote:
Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen I was raised Catholic, and I never heard of this! Could be it's a superstition (?) unique to this family...? sue |
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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
suzee spun a FINE 'yarn':
YarnWright wrote: suzee spun a FINE 'yarn': YarnWright wrote: Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen I was raised Catholic, and I never heard of this! Could be it's a superstition (?) unique to this family...? sue --- end quoted Thanks, anyways, Sue. (I was raised Catholic, the Church left me at age 13-ish, I left IT at age 18, and I HAD heard of it. It COULD be a Polish Catholic thing, they're very big on St. Joseph.... Ah that could be. I lived in the West so there weren't big ethnic groups, in or out of the Church. Unless you count Mormons... sue --- avast! AV: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000731-1, 04/08/2007 Tested: 4/9/2007 10:12:24 PM avast! - (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com end quoted Yes, like the Irish with St. Patrick, the Poles (and Italians) in Chicago and up in WI claimed St. Joe, BIG-time, on March 19. In Chicago, all the Poles and Italians wore RED on St. Joes Day... funny that I still remember all this, it's a LONG time ago that the Church left me and I later left it.... Noreen -- http://www.lulu.com/yarnwright http://yarnwright.etsy.com http://yarnwright.com http://noreensknitche.com http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us http://optional-knitting.com http://yarnscapes.com --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000731-1, 04/08/2007 Tested: 4/9/2007 10:18:44 PM avast! - (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com |
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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
YarnWright wrote:
suzee spun a FINE 'yarn': YarnWright wrote: Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen I was raised Catholic, and I never heard of this! Could be it's a superstition (?) unique to this family...? sue --- end quoted Thanks, anyways, Sue. (I was raised Catholic, the Church left me at age 13-ish, I left IT at age 18, and I HAD heard of it. It COULD be a Polish Catholic thing, they're very big on St. Joseph.... Ah that could be. I lived in the West so there weren't big ethnic groups, in or out of the Church. Unless you count Mormons... sue |
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v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
"YarnWright" wrote in message
... suzee spun a FINE 'yarn': YarnWright wrote: suzee spun a FINE 'yarn': YarnWright wrote: Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen Yes, like the Irish with St. Patrick, the Poles (and Italians) in Chicago and up in WI claimed St. Joe, BIG-time, on March 19. In Chicago, all the Poles and Italians wore RED on St. Joes Day... funny that I still remember all this, it's a LONG time ago that the Church left me and I later left it.... Noreen I was born and raised a Roman Catholic, and never heard of this superstition (and my Mom was from an Irish background and was *very* superstitious) until I moved into this house 3 1/2 years ago and the neighbour (a Dutch Roman Catholic) was trying to sell her house... she mentioned it to me then. She also said something about painting her door yellow to boost the sale of her house. Nothing to do with the statue, but a completely different superstition. Personally I find it disrespectful to bury a statue of any saint. By the way... although you may not have meant it as such, I also find it disrespectful to call St Joseph "St Joe" just as I do not like to hear some people call St Anthony "St Tony". Unless you lived back when they did and knew them personally (which I highly doubt that anyone shortened names back then anyway), I don't think it is very nice to abbreviate someone's (most especially a saint's) name to make him/her sound like they are your buddy. Just my opinion! Gemini |
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Gemini: v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
Not Likely spun a FINE 'yarn':
"YarnWright" wrote in message ... suzee spun a FINE 'yarn': YarnWright wrote: suzee spun a FINE 'yarn': YarnWright wrote: Some of my family is Catholic and they've got an ongoing argument query about placing a statue of Joseph in your yard when trying to sell your home. SOME say you bury him upside down, some say you bury him facing away from the home, and some say you do both. Anybody know? I personally don't believe in this, and am not Catholic myself, but am willing to help the family out with the right answer. Thanks! Noreen Yes, like the Irish with St. Patrick, the Poles (and Italians) in Chicago and up in WI claimed St. Joe, BIG-time, on March 19. In Chicago, all the Poles and Italians wore RED on St. Joes Day... funny that I still remember all this, it's a LONG time ago that the Church left me and I later left it.... Noreen I was born and raised a Roman Catholic, and never heard of this superstition (and my Mom was from an Irish background and was very superstitious) until I moved into this house 3 1/2 years ago and the neighbour (a Dutch Roman Catholic) was trying to sell her house... she mentioned it to me then. She also said something about painting her door yellow to boost the sale of her house. Nothing to do with the statue, but a completely different superstition. Personally I find it disrespectful to bury a statue of any saint. By the way... although you may not have meant it as such, I also find it disrespectful to call St Joseph "St Joe" just as I do not like to hear some people call St Anthony "St Tony". Unless you lived back when they did and knew them personally (which I highly doubt that anyone shortened names back then anyway), I don't think it is very nice to abbreviate someone's (most especially a saint's) name to make him/her sound like they are your buddy. Just my opinion! Gemini end quoted Gem, Sorry, didn't mean to offend, but gotta tell ya, our church,the one I grew up in, honest to god, was St' Joe's. NOT St. Joesph's. St. JOE'S. Noreen -- http://www.lulu.com/yarnwright http://yarnwright.etsy.com http://yarnwright.com http://noreensknitche.com http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us http://optional-knitting.com http://yarnscapes.com --- avast! AV: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000733-0, 04/11/2007 Tested: 4/12/2007 10:01:50 PM avast! - (c) 1988-2006 http://www.avast.com |
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Gemini: v-e-r-y OFF topic, a query about Catholic statues
"YarnWright" wrote in message ... YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn': Gem, Sorry, didn't mean to offend, but gotta tell ya, our church,the one I grew up in, honest to god, was St' Joe's. NOT St. Joesph's. St. JOE'S. Noreen AND, maybe it was a Chicago thing, but the church my Dad grew up in was not St. Patrick's, but St. Paddy's, honest to god, AND the church my uncle Lefty grew up in was St. Aggie's NOT St. Agnes's! Just my two cents, Noreen Oh, mom says her church, St. Stanislas Kostka, had the official *letterhead of St. Stash's*, and that one was in northern Wisc. Noreen, Just what were they stash-ing: souls?! ;-)) -- Carey in MA |
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