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A wolf in the snow.(Chewing Gum in Holy Water: Mario Valentini's Childhood in the Abruzzo Mountains)(Book review)
Chewing Gum in Holy Water: Mario Valentini's Childhood in the Abruzzo Mountains, by Cheryl Hardacre; Allen & Unwin, 2006, $26.95.
ABRUZZO IS THE RUGGED mountainous province in central Italy, due east of Rome, which runs across the high point of the Apennines and down to the Adriatic. It is famous for its spectacular mountain scenery. The Abruzzi National Park is one of the last unspoiled wilderness areas in Europe, the habitat of wolves and the last European brown bears. Sulmona (my father's native city) was the birthplace of Ovid, who immortalised the city and its fabulous mountain surrounds in the poem "Sulmo mihi patria est". The Italian nationalist poet ...
- Wolves need more than holy water.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) May 20, 2007 700+ words
...up. Instead of arming Randy Foye with holy water from Lourdes and sending him to the NBA...Laird follows the Timberwolves. The holy water, from the site in France where the Virgin...been much better served by pouring the holy water into the team whirlpool and then having...
- LONGING FOR HOLY WATER.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) April 16, 1995 700+ words
...miles away that has come to be called the Holy Water. It's a fitting place to sit and think...from Medford who is the godfather of the Holy Water. He tosses his fly line high behind...called a steeple cast, fitting for the Holy Water then casts it far across the water to...
- DISGUST AS GANG FOULS HOLY WATER; Priest horrified by behaviour of child...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) July 18, 2004 700+ words
...vandals shocked a parish by defecating in a holy water fountain - TWICE. The container at St...parishioners are afraid to put their hands into holy water fountains for fear of catching some...Parishioners used the container to collect holy water for sick people or for their own ...
- Holy Water Turned Into Profits By Jerusalem Company.
- Magazine article from: Israel Business Today May 1, 2000 700+ words
...visiting Israel a novel souvenir - holy water from the Holy Land. The company first started selling a gram of holy water from the Jordan River etched onto...The millennium year and a gram of holy water etched together on one of these formats...
- Flu fear over holy water.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) July 15, 2009 700+ words
...yesterday advised churches not to use holy water in a bid to halt the spread of swine...water. "Some churches have a stoup for holy water near the entrance to the church door...should be suspended." He said the use of holy water should not be reinstated until the pandemic...
- In Italy, An Automatic Holy-Water Dispenser
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition RENEE MONTAGNE November 12, 2009 700+ words
...11-12-2009 In Italy, An Automatic Holy-Water Dispenser Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time...for your health: It's an automatic holy-water dispenser. Fear that reaching into a...a soap dispenser — to set the holy water flowing. It's MORNING EDITION. Copyright...
- Fire Truck Sprays Monk's Holy Water
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times January 3, 1994 700+ words
...fire engine to spray 660 gallons of holy water on followers to bless them for the...provincial hall as Phra Koon prepared the holy water late on Friday, loaded it in the...followers. Some Buddhist monks say the holy water brings good luck.
- Church to counter swine flu with holy water dispensers.(World)
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin November 13, 2009 700+ words
...swine flu – an electronic holy water dispenser.The terracotta dispenser...under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water.“It has been a bit of...usually dip their hands into fonts full of holy water which has been blessed by a priest...
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