SC - Patron Saints of Cooking

[Robyn Probert]

Thanks Christianna for the comprehensive list!

More trivia on St Nicholas 
>He provided a poor family with three golden balls as a dowry for the
>daughters to save them from prostitution 

I understood it was 3 bags of gold (rather than balls), left in the shoes on
the windowsill - this also being the origin of leaving stocking/shoes out at
Christmas for St Nicholas (aka Santa Klaus who's bishop's robes were
transmogrofied by Coca Cola into that jolly red and white entity). In some
parts of Europe, present giving still happens on 6 December, or children are
given sweets (if good) or coal (if bad). But you all knew that anyway.

I like the St Laurence story the best though...

Rowan
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