Unmarriedness, especially in the case of women, has not been looked upon with good eyes in society. Young girls more often than young boys used to invoke Saint Anthony, Saint Michael and Mary Magdalene to find them a good husband or wife. There were singular ways to make the request. In Urkiola Sanctuary, for instance, hairpins were inserted in a panel; black-head pins, if a black-haired husband was desired, and those who preferred a blond partner introduced white-head pins. Others walked three times around a large stone standing in front of the sanctuary. In some hermitages the bells were rung, the petitioners passed through a certain space or kissed a certain object…

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