Bathing Customs In Communities

[Lil'Monster]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1317174553' post='2311299']

She's a Carmelite.

my current bathing custom

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJQEl5vcAo[/media]
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ewwww ya digustin

[vee]

hey at least I wash, sometimes

[brandelynmarie]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1317172362' post='2311277']
What is this hyssop y'all keep mentionning?
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Wikipedia:
The name [i]hyssop[/i] can be traced back almost unchanged through the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language"]Greek[/url] ύσσωπος ([i]hyssopos[/i]).[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-complete-herbal-0"][size=2][1][/size][/url][/sup] The Book of Exodus records that the blood of the sacrifices was applied to the doorposts using hyssop on the night of Passover. Its purgative properties are also mentioned in the Book of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms"]Psalms[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-1"][size=2][2][/size][/url][/sup] Jesus, on the cross, knowing that all things had now been finished [sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-2"][size=2][3][/size][/url][/sup] said, "I thirst" and a sponge soaked in vinegar (Roman soldier wine, sour wine) was put at the end of a hyssop branch and brought up to His mouth for Him to drink [sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-3"][size=2][4][/size][/url][/sup][sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-4"][size=2][5][/size][/url][/sup]. Both Matthew and Mark mention the occasion but refer to the plant using the general term καλαμος ([i]kalamos[/i]), which is translated as "reed" or "stick."
[img]http://www.grannygood.com/product_images/uploaded_images/hyssop.jpg[/img]

Edited September 28, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[brandelynmarie]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1317174553' post='2311299']

She's a Carmelite.
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She's a Carmelite stuck in a Dominican's body?!?!

Edited September 28, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1317175070' post='2311319']
Wikipedia:
The name [i]hyssop[/i] can be traced back almost unchanged through the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language"]Greek[/url] ύσσωπος ([i]hyssopos[/i]).[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-complete-herbal-0"][size=2][1][/size][/url][/sup] The Book of Exodus records that the blood of the sacrifices was applied to the doorposts using hyssop on the night of Passover. Its purgative properties are also mentioned in the Book of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms"]Psalms[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-1"][size=2][2][/size][/url][/sup] Jesus, on the cross, knowing that all things had now been finished [sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-2"][size=2][3][/size][/url][/sup] said, "I thirst" and a sponge soaked in vinegar (Roman soldier wine, sour wine) was put at the end of a hyssop branch and brought up to His mouth for Him to drink [sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-3"][size=2][4][/size][/url][/sup][sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyssop#cite_note-4"][size=2][5][/size][/url][/sup]. Both Matthew and Mark mention the occasion but refer to the plant using the general term καλαμος ([i]kalamos[/i]), which is translated as "reed" or "stick."
[img]http://www.grannygood.com/product_images/uploaded_images/hyssop.jpg[/img]
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It looks like a cross between lavender and rosemary.

Edited September 28, 2011 by MaterMisericordiae

[Nunsense]

[quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1317175217' post='2311324']

She's a Carmelite stuck in a Dominican's body?!?!
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I understand she's just in a state of constant denial...

[brandelynmarie]

[Lil'Monster]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1317174884' post='2311313']
hey at least I wash, sometimes
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YOU WASH SOMETIMES


DANGGGGGGGG you stank though

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1317174884' post='2311313']
hey at least I wash, sometimes
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[img]http://www.picslap.com/sites/default/files/field/image/51111lol.jpg[/img]

Edited September 28, 2011 by MaterMisericordiae

[brandelynmarie]

[img]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/funny-pictures-cat-asks-if-he-can-come-out-of-the-bath.jpg[/img]


Hyssop & Bart & cats...whatever will happen next...

Edited September 28, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[MissScripture]

[quote name='vee8' timestamp='1317174553' post='2311299']

She's a Carmelite.

my current bathing custom

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJQEl5vcAo[/media]
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You WISH. DOMINICANTION! She will always be a Dominican to me.

[Nunsense]

[quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1317180195' post='2311411']
You WISH. DOMINICANTION! She will always be a Dominican to me.
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Dominican? What's that? Some kind of margarita?

[brandelynmarie]

I think it's a pink margarita

[Nunsense]

[quote name='brandelynmarie' timestamp='1317181910' post='2311423']
I think it's a pink margarita
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or a strawberry daiquiri?

[brandelynmarie]

that's right! it's a daiquiri!

Edited September 28, 2011 by brandelynmarie

[Antigonos]

Hyssop, or za'atar in Hebrew, is a herb which grows as a bush. It does look like rosemary. It grows wild all over the place in the Middle East. When the leaves are dried, and ground up with garlic, salt, and sesame seeds, it makes a savory powder which is very good, sprinkled on salads or on pita bread or focaccia, with a drizzle of olive oil and stuck under the broiler [grill] for a minute or two. We also sprinkle it on certain kinds of white spreadable cheeses, and put it into bread doughs or on crackers. Yum.

[brandelynmarie]

Oh my goodness! I loooooooooooove za'atar in Middle Eastern recipes! I had no idea it was the same stuff. Ya learn something new everyday around here,lol.

[Aya Sophia]

Ok, this "bathing" thread seems to be morphing into the "food" thread! ( oh, and of course - so many food emoticons, so little time)

Back to our sheep: I know of a community in which, in the 1970's, the Depositrix purchased, with the Prioress' approval, an enormous lot of soap. She got a terrificly low price on cases and cases and cases of large, heavy bars of very basic, unpleasantly scented soap the color of pea soup. Today, forty years later, bars of this soap are still at every sink in the monastery!

(perhaps this item belongs on a new thread: "economising in the convent" [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/razzle dazzle.png[/img] )

Edited September 28, 2011 by Aya Sophia

[Nunsense]

[quote name='Aya Sophia' timestamp='1317212639' post='2311606']
Ok, this "bathing" thread seems to be morphing into the "food" thread! ( oh, and of course - so many food emoticons, so little time)

Back to our sheep: I know of a community in which, in the 1970's, the Depositrix purchased, with the Prioress' approval, an enormous lot of soap. She got a terrificly low price on cases and cases and cases of large, heavy bars of very basic, unpleasantly scented soap the color of pea soup. Today, forty years later, bars of this soap are still at every sink in the monastery!

(perhaps this item belongs on a new thread: "economising in the convent" [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/razzle%20dazzle.png[/img] )
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Yeah, the economy thread! I go for it! At one convent we had this horrible waxy toilet paper in the toilets - and it turned out that they had boxes and boxes of it in their store room - they had gotten it all cheaply and had enough supply to last about 30 years!

[Antigonos]

To bring it back on topic, you can purchase soap here that has za'atar or olive oil in it...

By the way, since this evening is Erev Rosh Hashanah, may all phatmassers be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life for a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year.

I will write this blessing also in Hebrew, but it might not come through.

חתימה טובה לשנה של בריאות, אושר ופרנסה.

Edited September 28, 2011 by Antigonos