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NHG-P.782.022
4 May 1782:41 (26/1331)
A Remarkable Account of an Unfortunate Miracle, at Macon in
the Province of Burgundy.
About thirty years ago, two men being digging a grave in the
town of Macon, perceived a skull, which they had thrown out,
to move; on which they ran in a great hurry to acquaint the
Curate, who, without delay, repaired to the Church-yard;
where being arrived, and quite surprized with this prodigy,
he cried out aloud, 'a miracle!' And, in order to shew the
utmost respect to so precious a relic, he ordered the cross,
holy water, his surplice, and square cap, to be brought; he
caused the bells to ring, and called together the
parishioners; he then gave directions for a dish to be
brought, in which he put this skull, covered it with a
napkin, and carried it in procession to the church, during
which time there were warm debates among the people, each
claiming kindred to the skull. As soon as they came to the
church, and had placed it upon the high altar, the Curate
began to sing 'Te Deum,' in the midst of it a mole was
observed to run out of the skull, which had been the cause
of its motion; whereupon the Curate desisted, the people
retired, and the skull was buried again.
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