Very interesting; thank you Margaret for enlightening me.
Bill
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What a great story, Margaret! Thank you for sharing, never knew the origin
of the name!
Rosemarie
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 5:39 AM, Margaret Vicente wrote:
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Bill,
The Priest sure knew. The name Guadalupe, originally was - Agoa de Lupe
and it has a story with it.
There was this place where the wolves [lupe] prowled to catch their prey
when they came to the water [agua] to drink. They named it Agoa de Lupe
{Wolves' water] and invoked our Lady as
I found these in Ribeirinha, Terceira but I wasn't looking for a freguesia
called "Agua de Lupe" These are written by the same priest who perhaps
never heard of Nossa Senhora da Guadalupe.
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