Free Trade. R. Cobden is called “The Apostle of Free Trade” (1804-1865).
Freemen, St. John.
Fullers, St. Sever, because the place so called, on the Adour, is or was famous for its tanneries and fulleries.
Goldsmiths, St. Eloy, who was a goldsmith.
Hatters, St. William, the son of a hatter.
Hog and Swineherds, St. Anthony. Pigs unfit for food used anciently to have their ears slit, but one of the proctors of St. Anthony’s Hospital once tied a bell about the neck of a pig whose ear was slit, and no one ever attempted to injure it.
Housewives, St. Osyth, especially to prevent their losing the keys, and to help them in finding these “tiny tormentors;” St. Martha, the sister of Lazarus.
Huntsmen, St. Hubert, who lived in the Ardennes, a famous hunting forest; and St. Eustace.
Idiots. St. Gildas restores them to their right senses.
Infants, St. Felicitas and St. Nicholas.