"The very strangeness of the whole rite is like an old memory overlaid by time"

"The very strangeness of the whole rite is like an old memory overlaid by time"

Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne

"Many a pilgrim who goes to the Island for the first time remarks that the most surprising feature of the place is its obscure familiarity..."

Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981

Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 143

Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin

1944

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"Many a pilgrim who goes to the Island for the first time remarks that the most surprising feature of the place is its obscure familiarity. He finds that he cannot shake off the feeling that he has already seen it all, experienced it all. As he plods over the rough stones in bare feet this sense of a warm and friendly intimacy returns with renewed conviction. There is a satisfaction in that fast unrivaled by the most epicurean meal in memory. The very strangeness of the whole rite is like an old memory overlaid by time."

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