Small black beans.
Juarros, Baily’s Translation, p. 457.
In Guatemala this prayer is called La Oracion.
This custom is familiar to those who have travelled upon the Italian coasts, or who have visited the western parts of Brittany near Carnac and in the Morbihan, where the faith of the peasants still remains strong.
The Indians living amongst the hills frequently assemble in considerable numbers, and, kneeling on the ground, worship outside the doors of their churches; and there is a singular resemblance in the manner of their devotion to what is to be seen at the “Pardons” of the Bretons, where the peasants come from long distances, light their candles, and kneel before the church door, the line of the worshippers often extending beyond the precincts of the churchyard.
A name given by Spanish priests to the ancient temples and shrines of the Indians.