[PW] Re: what is the origin of "Vesper's curse"

[Dan Clinton]

But for some people, knowledge is [almost] better than sext.

DLC

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Subject: [PW] Re: what is the origin of "Vesper's curse"


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> Well I don't want to compline or anything, but this sort of 
> over-explanation
> just matins me. For one thing, it's not terce enough.
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> JD
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> In a message dated 2007-01-11 6:01:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> Giszczad at cooley.edu writes:
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> Vespers is  the evening prayer service in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, 
> and a
> few other  churches.  There is a lengthy article in Wikipedia about it. 
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> time of  the service varied; from 4 to 6:00 p.m. In some places it was
> completed before  darkness fell; in others, it was after dark, with 
> candles lit. From
> the list  of what was included in Wikipedia, it was probably a fairly long
> service.  The 2nd person above mentioned effects in the legs and low 
> back,
> which someone (congregation members, or monks perhaps?) might have 
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> with a long, chilly church service, and probably much kneeling.  Vespers 
> services
> dates back before 600 A.D., so the name could be quite  old.
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