Amulets

Pilgrims for hire

When, in the time, you were unable to proceed to a pilgrimage you had promised to do, you could rent a pigrim who made the pilgrimage in your place. Generally young boys or young men offered their service for some few pennies - then they made the pilgrimage for one or two persons, somtimes even more so that this "pilgrimage" was the effort worth.

On the postal card from the photograph Bellwald we see mixed groups of women and children dancing for money.

When, in the time, you were unable to proceed to a pilgrimage you had promised to do, you could rent a pigrim who made the pilgrimage in your place. Generally young boys or young men offered their service for some few pennies - then they made the pilgrimage for one or two persons, somtimes even more so that this "pilgrimage" was the effort worth.

On the postal card from the photograph Bellwald we see mixed groups of women and children dancing for money.