Thread: Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
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Old 10-10-2007, 05:40 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?

In article . com,
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| Sigh. Votive candles were beeswax. I was given one as part of my
| confirmation, as a symbol, to keep. Roman catholics also burnt candles
| in front of images of the BVM, if they could afford them. A shepherd
| would clearly not have used beeswax candles for light, but might well
| have had one or two, small, votive candles.
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| Read that as : Catholics burnt candles in front of images of the BMW
| if they could afford them. Now, VM stands for Virgin Mary. Does the B
| stands for Blue?

Eh? Could you explain?


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Nick Maclaren.
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