Mary, that's JUST like the one on our house in southern Spain, except that ours
is brass; however the older houses do sometimes have painted ones...
Augusta
----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Bordi
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, 05 September, 2008 13:24
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean Customs/ Jewelry
On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:25 PM, augustae wrote:
Sharon... the Spanish have a version of that hand (not forearm, though,
just
from the wrist down), but holding a round ball... it's called the hand of
Fatima (mano de Fatima). It's usually made of cast bronze or iron and is
used as a door knocker.
I took this photo of the door knocker in Guimarães or Braga (mainland
Portugal). I know we were talking about jewelry, but someone mentioned the door
knocker. I didn't realize the connection with Fatima. Interesting!
Mary Bordi
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