Hi Ricardo,
It is a custom used in different nationalities in the past and it is dying out today. Whenever we would visit our French Canadian Grandfather before we left we would ask him for a blessing. This was the custom then in the 1950's. For reasons entwined in society it is not done today. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Chaves Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:49 AM To: Azores Geneolagy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese words for blessing Hi Chery, I remember in the old days, my grandparents showing us grandchildren a "weird face" if we forgot to ask them for their blessing. We don't hear it so often today, but is still common in some more rural places. It was also a sign of respect! In some kind of "slang" one of the most common expressions was "Vó Bença" which was a request, correctly written as "Avó a sua Benção" and the reply would be, from the grandparent, "Deus de Abençoe". Was used also with parents, and uncles, etc. Specially in those families who took religion more serious. In English, "Please you blessing" and "God bless you" There are many variants of this tradition, depending on the Island maybe, or even village and age of generations, this is the one I was raised with. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:41 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: Repost for Henry Araujo, henryaraujo at yahoo.com i te abençoe was the reply that your vavó probably used -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:azores%[email protected]> . To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- Ricardo Chaves -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
