Well, as a mum and having worked a lot with kids, I can say that if you promise anything to a kid, they will remember and pester you until you do as you promised, so I suppose it's the same with the saints... they probably have some way of reminding you of your promise!
I guess you can never have failed on a promise of sweetness to a child [or been witness to this], the fireworks, noise and copious amounts of salt water are terrifying.
The thought of what a saint could do about a broken promise: lightening-bolts... thunder... tropical rain.... doesn't bear thinking about!
So, I guess it translates as "Don't make promises that you may break, the outcome is likely to be earth shattering!"
Well, as a mum and having worked a lot with kids, I can say that if you promise anything to a kid, they will remember and pester you until you do as you promised, so I suppose it's the same with the saints... they probably have some way of reminding you of your promise!
ReplyDelete...for you will spur on both to unseemly indulgence !
ReplyDeletebecause.... is better promise the doghnut to the saint and the candle to the child..???..
ReplyDeleteIs it a jam doughnut or ring doughnut? Either way, that is a stunning photograph. Great composition.
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I guess you can never have failed on a promise of sweetness to a child [or been witness to this], the fireworks, noise and copious amounts of salt water are terrifying.
The thought of what a saint could do about a broken promise: lightening-bolts... thunder... tropical rain.... doesn't bear thinking about!
So, I guess it translates as "Don't make promises that you may break, the outcome is likely to be earth shattering!"