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BEP(F.766.001
6 Jan 1766:41 (1582)
A Comical Miracle. As a couple of men were digging a grave
in the church-yard at Mocon in France, they turned up the
head of a dead person, which they threw upon the grass; but
it had not lain there long e'er it was perceived to move.
The fellows went in a great hurry to acquaint the parson of
the parish, that a saint had been interred in the very place
where they were at work; whereupon the parson went
immediately to he spot, and was so surprized at the prodigy
when he saw it, that he cried out, A miracle! A miracle! as
did also the rest of the spectators; and not being willing
to stir from so precious a relick, he sent for his crucifix,
his holy-water bottle, his surplus, his stole, and his
square cap, and caused all the bells to be run, to give
notice of it to the parishioners; who assembling together in
great numbers, he ordered a dish to be brought, wherein he
put the head, covered it with a napkin, and carried it in
procession to the church. The people had great disputes by
the way upon account of the several claims of affinity to
the sacred scull; but they were soon pacified; for when the
head was arrived at the church, and placed upon the high
altar, while Te Deum was singing upon the occasion, just as
they came to that verse, 'The whole church throughout the
world doth acknowledge thee,' &c. a mole leaped out of the
head: upon which discover of the cause of its motion, the
parson put a stop to Te Deum, and the people all went
quietly home.
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