tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706426906497439470.post2520625195308850833..comments2023-10-29T16:54:21.399+01:00Comments on Vad vi gör här?: Lite mera IrlandAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008243423446461220noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706426906497439470.post-78211899823021198272008-09-22T16:55:00.000+02:002008-09-22T16:55:00.000+02:00Not, I think, for ablution nor as benediction the ...Not, I think, for ablution nor as benediction the way you describe. ---I really don't know, mind you; merely guessing. But the reason I'm putting my money on something else, is that there were small (... containers aren't really the most fitting word, although they were that... can't think of an alternative so I'll go with that) containers on both sides just inside the entrance of the church. The holy water in these containers were used in the ways you describe. Wouldn't think they'd use holy water simply for drinking either. <BR/><BR/>What I'd guess it's used for, is for (re)filling bottles or some such that you'd bring with you. <EM>Possibly</EM> giving your hands a good rinse as well, as the water in the other containers were still; not running. So wouldn't be good for that purpose. I don't know; to take water to bring with you just was the first thing I thought of.<BR/><BR/>No obvious source of water as far as I can recall. I imagined one of the women who took care of the church would fill it early morning with a hose. :) Whereafter the priest would come and bless it. But I, really, have <EM>no</EM> idea.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008243423446461220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706426906497439470.post-36347842517196071452008-09-21T15:40:00.000+02:002008-09-21T15:40:00.000+02:00I am curious about the rusty tap ( i love that it ...I am curious about the rusty tap ( i love that it is rusty and the letters are barely legible) containing holy water actually -- was it you think used for ablution before entering the church, or as a source of drinking water or merely gathered in your fingers and sprinked over your head as a benediction? perhaps all three.. and what was the source of the water?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com