ii. is the 'odour of sanctity' - the question alludes to the poem The Jackdaw of Rheims, the most well known of the The Ingoldsby Legends - a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham. The poem is about a bird that steals a cardinal's ring and is made a saint.
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Date: 2017-01-12 07:02 pm (UTC)