Well, looking at the weekend's forecast and after reading all of the comments about St. Christopher (who, according to Gery & Ellie, is the patron saint of carrying your bike over a bridge that's out), I decided to see if there were any steps we could take, pietisically speaking, to ensure somewhat more favorable conditions for the Big Day.
Here's what I found: Saint Medard, patron saint against bad weather. Basically, the story is that he was a rich French teenager in the 6th century. One day a buddy of his lost his horse, so Medard gave him one of his father's finest horses. Immediately afterward, it started to downpour and while everyone else was drenched (including the buddy and the horse), a giant eagle came up and spread its wings over Medard, keeping him entirely dry. From the versions of the story that I read it wasn't entirely clear as to exactly how much trouble Medard got in with his father for giving away his finest horse... but, hey, at least he wasn't wet, right?
3 comments:
lucky bird=forerunner to umbrella...
yeah, but did any one think about the mess? Would YOU like to have an eagle flying right over your head for more than 5 min? They probably poop a S...load!
yeah. rain=better than pooping bird. i think i'll leave my pooping eagle at home tomorrow...
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