Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1920 — “Le Pam de Calende” Used as Cure for Various Ills [ARTICLE]

“Le Pam de Calende” Used as Cure for Various Ills

A cure for the various maladies that flesh Is heir to was the large loaf made chiefly in Provence, and called “le pain de calende.” It was very large and very white, and from ft was cut a small piece marked with a knife with three or four crosses. This was 'Carefully preserved as a/remedy to be used when required, remainder of the loaf was divided among the family on the test of the Epiphany.