On Oct 10, 5:22 pm, "'Mike'" wrote:
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On 10 Oct, 12:11, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
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.

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?

No. BMW stands for Berlin Motor Works :-))


This is completetley tangential and not relevant to anything important
but it is
Bayerische Motoren Werke which is German for Bavarian Motor Works.

Des


Kindest regards

Mike

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