Child Of Prague Good Weather

Putting the child of prague is the garden for good weather seems superstitious to me.
Child of prague good weather. The practise of putting it out in the hedge or burying it in the garden as a solicitation for good weather is even in this age of unbelief widespread in areas as far apart as cork dublin sligo and leitrim. Other ones like burying st joseph upside down in your garden to help sell your house cannot be pleasing to god. Some people bury the statue in the garden others place it in the window of their home facing out. If the head breaks off the child of prague it is considered to be very lucky.
In times of famine and poverty devotion to the infant of prague grows as families realize that there is no certainty apart from god. A wedding gift of a statue of the child of prague is particularly auspicious. The child was originally presented as a wedding gift so it has that connection. The statue is not only associated by catholics as bringing good weather.
For those of us who find ourselves facing under employment unemployment mounting debt and economic instability the infant of prague is an ideal patron. The statue is not only associated by catholics as bringing good weather. In fact i recall getting a statue of st joseph blessed by an sspx priest and he actually asked me if i intended to bury it. Thankfully though it is in his nature to be forgiving and the infant does still seem to confer good weather to these zealous couples.