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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...palm, which they lapped up and made a wish for Mother Catherine's help. "Saints" lined up the applicants. The file approached the altar where stood stout Mother Catherine, adorned by a white headdress and a starched apron with the word MOTHER embroidered in red across its bib. On a side table was a huge brown bottle of warm castor oil, which she had blessed, and a bowl of quartered lemons, "taste-killers." To each one with the "miseries," a saint gave a full tumbler of the tepid oil and a "taste-killer." Away each would prance, blubbering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Physicking Priestess | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

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