. Little journeys abroad . PEASANT, DINAN. 12 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. ings for gala occasions in feudal with all we had seen, we decidedto go on Monday to Guingamp for acouple of days, to see something of thePardon there. The journey was somewhat tedious anduninteresting; but once arrived in thecrowd of variously costumed peasants, andestablished in the quaint inn, not far fromthe festively decorated mediaeval church,we were well content that we had journey among the booths, the merry-go-rounds, and to the horse and cattlemarket, showed us so many old people,and so many sad
. Little journeys abroad . PEASANT, DINAN. 12 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. ings for gala occasions in feudal with all we had seen, we decidedto go on Monday to Guingamp for acouple of days, to see something of thePardon there. The journey was somewhat tedious anduninteresting; but once arrived in thecrowd of variously costumed peasants, andestablished in the quaint inn, not far fromthe festively decorated mediaeval church,we were well content that we had journey among the booths, the merry-go-rounds, and to the horse and cattlemarket, showed us so many old people,and so many sad faces, that we asked thelandlady where were the young people,the music and dancing. The young peo-ple, she explained, held their Pardon inthe autumn, and there wrere lively timesthen ; but this was more for the older peo-ple, and there were church services andhymn-singing instead of dancing. Accor-. PEASANT, FETE-DAY DRESS, DINAN. THE FETE DIEU AND THE PARDON. 15 dingly, we went the next morning to the ser-vice in the church, and heard an addressfrom a foreign and long-bearded bishop,commending the people of Guingamp andthe neighboring country on their obser-vance of old customs. He was a mission-ary bishop, and told several anecdotesillustrating the fact that he found his pre-vious knowledge of medicine highly usefulamong the people for whose spiritualwelfare he now labored. But he musthave felt that medical knowledge wasscarcely needed at Guingamp, when helooked at the rows of hardy, rosy oldfaces before him, that spoke eloquently ofyears of hard work and robust thousand devout souls gatheredthere to receive absolution of sins, tomake thank-offerings for mercies received,and offer votive gifts and prayers for bless-ings on flocks and fields, and for a bounti-ful harvest. 16 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. That afternoon there was a brisk sale ofcandles; and by eight oclock
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