Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
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David in Normandy writes:
| In article . com,
| says...
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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?
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| Blessed I think?
It's definitely Blessed, but I still don't understand the posting.
It's a little clearer since I noticed the BMW - which I had, of course,
read as the BVM I was expecting ....
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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