santinhos

Updated: May 14, 2025

Behind a curtain of coarse straw-work is a sort of small boudoir, holding things more private, an old barrel with the winter's fuel in it, a few ears of corn hanging against the wall, a pair of shoes, and a shelf with a large pasteboard box. The box she opens triumphantly and exhibits her santinhos, or little images of saints.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860