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—The Pembroke Journal, Thursday, December 21. 1967
A Prayers
of
■H ST * FRANCIS
Bwj °f Assisi
\ ILorb, make me an
/ instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let
me sow love ; Where there
is injury, pardon-, Where there is doubt,
faith; Where there is darkness, light, and
Where there is sadness, joy.
bibine jUlagter,
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grant that I may not so much seek to be
consoled as to console; To be understood ■*
as to understand-, To be loved as to love; '
For it is in giving that we receive-, It is in
pardoning that we are pardoned; and it
is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226, "Father of Yule Carols," 13th Century
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Vw< Thank y ° U ’ good friends ’ for y° ur kindly
patronage throughout the year. During
1950, we will make every effort to
deserve your continued confidence.
TOS THREATER
WELL-LOVED
LEGENDS GO
t THE ROUNDS
Christmas is many things
: to many people but regard
r less of custom or country,
^all Christmas celebrations
^are surrounded by legends.
They vary from the relig
f ious to the nonsensical and
। seem endless in number.
One legend has it that
, those who perish at mid
-1 night on the Eve of Christ
mas will ascend to heaven;
' another claims that eating
C a dish composed of rice and
blackeyed peas, known as
Poor John, will guarantee
prosperity for the coming
- year.
* Tradition says that a
, green Christmas portends a
white Easter and that when
Christmas falls on a Mon-
• day, the winter will be long
and cold but when it falls on
a Wednesday, there will be
a splendid summer and a
. beautiful harvest.
Another legend says that
the cock was the first to an
nounce Christ’s birth and
that ever since, the rooster
crows all night long on the
eve of Christmas.
New work begun during
Christmas week will never
prosper, one tradition has
it . . . another cautions that
whatever is done on New
Year’s Day will be done the
’ whole year through, so pay
no bills!
An especially lovely leg
end is the one concerning
horses and barnyard ani
mals; because their fore
bears witnessed the nativ
ity it is believed that horses
kneel at midnight on Christ
mas Eve, while barnyard
animals have the gift of
speech.
The fact that there were
animals present in the man
ger on the night of the
Christ child’s birth is said
to be responsible for the
origin of the myth that ani-
mals spoke on Christmas
Eve. Anglo-folklore gives
credence to the belief that
cattle in Devon and Corn
wall fell on their knees in
adoration and the bees sang
s in their hives.
r Rosemary and Bay
Are Flowers of Yule
' Rosemary and bay have
long been associated with
the story of Christmas.
Legends say the Virgin
Mary rested by a rosemarj 7
' plant, and placed the Christ
’ Child’s garments upon its
| branches, whereupon the
white blossoms turned to a
’ lovely lavender to honor the
' Child.
»
The bay tree with its
t lance-like leaves and purple
berries, was said to have
sheltered the Family during
a thunderstorm; thus it
, was believed that lightning
। would not strike a bay tree.
Holly, Traditional
at Christmastime
Holly has long been con
■ sidered the most sacred of
• Christmas greens; and the
, red berries are said to repre
sent the blood of Jesus.
“Os all the trees that are
in the wood, only the holly
bears the crown!”
A display of holly was
long a sign of Christian
worship.
Folklore has it that holly
in the window will keep evil
spirits away from the
house, and holly at a maid
en’s bedside, on Christmas
Eve, will protect her from
goblins!
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WE WISH YOU AND YOURS A CHRISTMAS
IN THE OLD-TIME SPIRIT!
CHARLIES LOUNGE
GOOD FOOD
Richmond Hill, Georgia
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