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I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.~Jay Gould
Wed Dec 07, 2011 at 18:08:49 PM MST
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 | Saint Lucy was an important figure in the Church by December, 1337. Citations of her feast day are seen as early as 1209. |
In 1330 it is recorded that a young woman with lights and sweets gets mounted in her rectory. Traditionally the ceremony involved one girl wearing a crown of Scandinavian ancestry made of candles.
In the 16th Century the tradition was revived by French Republican winners of the Battle of The Saints, and because of that battle slaves were free. A short time later, between the wealthy plantations laboring under the guillotine and a shortage of pine wood which was used to burn part of the island a revolutionary tribunal was sent to restore order to Saint Lucy's Day. |
| hhex65 :: SAINT LUCY |
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