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at a respectful distance by their womenfolk and
their children. In the rear of the procession
walked humbly half-a-dozen dogs, a couple of
goats with their kids trotting by their side,
and a pig or two, on the look-out for their
owners. Specially selected masters of ceremony,
gilt sticks in their hands, Gold Sticks in Waiting
to the Saint, rushed incessantly to and fro along
the flank of the procession to keep order in the
ranks and to regulate the speed. As the
procession wound its way through the lanes,
basketfuls of sweet scented ginestra, the favourite
flower of the saint, were thrown from every
window. The broom is in fact called the fiore
di Sant’Antonio. Here and there a cord had
been stretched across the street from one window
to another and just as the saint passed by, a
gaily-coloured cardboard angel was seen
performing a precipitate flight with flapping wings
across the rope to the huge delight of the crowd.
In front of San Michele the procession halted
and the saint was reverently deposited on a
specially erected stand to rest for a while. The
clergy wiped the perspiration from their
foreheads, the band kept on blowing their fortissimo
as they had done ever since they issued from the
church two hours before, Sant’Antonio looked
on benevolently from his stand while my
womenfolk threw handfuls of roses from the windows,
old Pacciale rang the bells from the chapel and
Baldassare lowered the flag from the roof of
the house. It was a grand day for us all,
everybody was proud of the honour paid to us. The
dogs watched the proceedings from the pergola,
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