On Dec 17, 2008, at 1:27 AM, yolanda wrote: > We, in azores, keep doing this with the holy spirit, kiss the crown > and the ceptro and then the ceptro touch us in the forehead. > > i guess its a sign of bonding, of keeping our conection with the > holy sipirit, and when thew Ceptro touch us, is like a blessing to > us from the divinity. > > Its a ritual, and a very pretty one.
Thank you Yolanda! As I was looking further into the baptisms that year I saw the ritual used on other children. It sounds very beautiful. After I posted my question here, I mentioned it to my mother. She told me that her godmother, Aunt Ella, was not Catholic and so my mother's mother had the Blessed Mother be her godmother with Aunt Ella as her godmother on earth. My grandmother was the first generation born in the US so she was a little closer to the use of that custom. My mother had never mentioned this to me before! I suggest anyone with ancestors from Norte Grande, Sao Jorge, look at the 1880 baptisms. There is a lot of writing in the margins, I think with information about that person's later life. Unfortunately, none of the people I was looking for had the writing in the margins. This is probably true of other times and places, depending on who was "in charge". Mary Bordi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
