Mary, that's JUST like the one on our house in southern Spain, except that ours is brass; however the older houses do sometimes have painted ones...
Augusta ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Bordi To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, 05 September, 2008 13:24 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean Customs/ Jewelry On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:25 PM, augustae wrote: Sharon... the Spanish have a version of that hand (not forearm, though, just from the wrist down), but holding a round ball... it's called the hand of Fatima (mano de Fatima). It's usually made of cast bronze or iron and is used as a door knocker. I took this photo of the door knocker in GuimarĂ£es or Braga (mainland Portugal). I know we were talking about jewelry, but someone mentioned the door knocker. I didn't realize the connection with Fatima. Interesting! Mary Bordi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---