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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1947
Page
13
In 1540 during a Swiss plague twelve pious men of Rheinfelden formed a brotherhood to pray for St Sebastian and nurse the sick. They pilgrimage to seven town fountains singing hymns and end with midnight mass at St Sebastian church while placing lanterns on the altar.
Willam Auld recalls legends that bells toll at midnight to announce Christ's birth and that Apostles of Peace dwell above worldly turmoil during Christmas, welcoming the season with serene salutations.
A Swiss folkloric custom links weather to a kitchen onion ritual and a nocturnal fountain pilgrimage. Grandma halves an onion into twelve layers to foretell the year while the daughter roams at midnight tasting nine fountains then goes to church hoping to meet an unknown lover on the church steps.
The village of Oxford Idaho adopts an ordinance to appoint a Poundmaster with police powers, set pound operations, fees for cattle and livestock impounding, notices, and sale procedures, plus duties for owner notification and enforcement, effective after publication. The notice also reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Dell Lewis of Logan, mother Mary Robinson.
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