Irish penal rosary
The Irish Penal Rosary (
Roman Catholics
to pray with less fear of being detected.
Description
The
spear used at Calvary; a cock and pot, which illustrates an early apocryphal legend relating to Judas the betrayer, and a roasting cock which suddenly came to life and crowed (thus prophesying the Resurrection); and three nails used for the crucifix. Small marks along the side of the corpus indicate a ladder, both for the ladder used in the crucifixion and a metaphor for ascent into heaven
.
Usage
The crucifix is hidden inside the sleeve or palm, while the ring is placed over the thumb as the first decade of the rosary is recited. The ring is then placed over the next finger as the next decade is spoken and so on until the five decades are completed.
See also
- Penal Laws (Ireland)
- Basque ring rosary, another rosary with 10 beads
- Kombolói, Worry Beads.
- Prayer Beads.
References
- ^ Carrickedmond and Abbeyshrule Parish in the Penal Times Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Google Book Search