[Magdalen] Named for saints.

[Sibyl Smirl]

On 10/29/15 11:11 AM, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
>>>> Yes, many of my clients at the IRS must have had parents or a priest with a ready copy of the Roman Martyrology.<<<
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> I believe I still have a copy of that.  Yay!
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>

I know I do have a copy.  I strongly suspect that it _was_ the General 
Calendar in some ancient time.  One thing that's interesting about it 
(at least the translation that I have) is that it uses the word 
"birthday" for the day of their deaths.  Although I've heard that, in 
the form of a birthday wish rhyme from a non-catholic source, so I 
understood it after a little puzzlement, it's the only place I've heard 
or seen it without the explanatory "Heaven" attached

Many happy returns
Of the day of thy birth
May sunshine and gladness be given:
And may the dear Father
Prepare thee on Earth
For a beautiful birthday in Heaven.



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Sibyl Smirl
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