[Magdalen] St. Joseph statue?

[Grace Cangialosi]

I know what they're for; I was wondering where the custom got started.

Poor St. Anthony!  Not only does he have to find everyone's lost things,
but he also has to risk getting peed on!

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 9:35 AM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> You're supposed to tell him he has to stay there until the house is sold.
> And God help you if you forget to free him.
>
> In Italy people put statues of St. Anthony in their recessed doorways to
> keep men from urinating in them. Sometimes you see that in Italian
> neighborhoods here. Makes sense to me.
>
> I've heard of that yoga thing. My SIL, who's a nut, practices "Christian
> yoga" to help keep herself pure :-(
> -M
>
>
> On Thursday, October 18, 2018, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the origin of the practice of burying a statue of St.
> > Joseph upside down in the yard when you’re trying to sell a house?
>
>
>
> > I was talking to a former parishioner who had just put her house on
> > thedoShe’s the same person who told me I shouldn’t be doing yoga, because
> > it’s one of those pagan things,
> >
> >
>


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Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
love."*
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