Devil's Chain
Devil's Chain
There is a tradition in Switzerland that St. Bernard has the devil chained in some mountains in the neighborhood of the Abbey of Clairvaux. From this comes the farmers' custom of striking three blows with a hammer on an anvil every Monday morning before going to work. By this means the devil's chain is strengthened, so that he cannot escape.
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