Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 131
; at thesame time some central fire was an absolute need.Accordingly the Church was converted into the sacreddepository of the perpetual fire, and a lamp was kept in it ever burning, not only• - /: > that the candles might be ignited from it for the ser-vices, without recourse hadto friction or… … F/o. 3:). —CKF.SSET-STONE, ST./\Ml!K(l( 10, MILAN. STRIKING A LIGHT. the name of cressct-stoncs. The earhcst I know isnot in England, but is in the atrium outside the re-markable church of St. Ambrogio at Milan. It isa block of white marble on a moulded base, it is nowbroken, but banded together…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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