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Thread #122382 Message #3460373
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Jan-13 - 11:09 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: White Pater Noster
Subject: RE: Folklore: White Pater Noster
From The Miller's Tale by Chaucer, line 3480ff:
Ther-with the nyghtspel seyde he anonrightes, On foure halves of the hous aboute, And on the thresshfold of the dore with-oute: "Jhesu Crist and Seint Benedight, Blesse this hous from every wikked wight For nyghtes verye—the white Pater noster. Where wentestow, Seint Petres soster?"