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Dan. ''Lucialys'', Santa Lucia's light
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*''' Lucialys:''' (''Danish'') Santa Lucia's light. In Nordic counries, Saint Lucy's day comes at or around the Winter Solstice,  It is a night when young woman visit houses  with lights (candles) and sweets.
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* '''luciola:''' firefly
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* '''Lucia:''' Joyce's daughter
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* '''The Lily of Lucca:''' nickname of Gemma Galgani (1878 - 1904), born near Lucca, Italy. She was a Catholic mystic beatified in 1933 and elevated to sainthood in 1940. She was a bearer of stigmata and had visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
  
 
[[Category: Danish phrases]]
 
[[Category: Danish phrases]]

Latest revision as of 11:20, 23 September 2012

  • Lucialys: (Danish) Santa Lucia's light. In Nordic counries, Saint Lucy's day comes at or around the Winter Solstice, It is a night when young woman visit houses with lights (candles) and sweets.
  • luciola: firefly
  • Lucia: Joyce's daughter
  • The Lily of Lucca: nickname of Gemma Galgani (1878 - 1904), born near Lucca, Italy. She was a Catholic mystic beatified in 1933 and elevated to sainthood in 1940. She was a bearer of stigmata and had visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.