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There you have the long black robe and shovel hat of the secular priest; the tight-fitting frock and little three-cornered bonnet of the Jesuit; the shorn head and black woollen garment of the Benedictine; there is the Dominican, with his black cloak thrown over his white gown, and his shaven head stuck into a slouching cowl; there is the Franciscan, with his half-shod feet, his three-knotted cord, and his coarse brown cloak, with its numerous pouches bulging with the victuals he has been begging for; there is the Capuchin, with his bushy beard, his sandaled feet, his patched cloak, and his funnel-shaped cowl, reminding one of Harlequin's cap; there is the Carmelite, with shaven head begirt with hairy continuous crown, loose flowing robe, and broad scapular; there is the red gown of the German student, and the wallet of the begging friar.
* The religious orders, as they are termed, most commonly entered into by the peasantry, are those of the Scapular and St. Francis. The order of Jesus or that of the Jesuits, is only entered into by the clergy and the higher lay classes. "How long will you stop in the neighborhood?" inquired Frank. "Arrah why, acushla?" replied the mendicant, softening his language.
"M'Laughlin! what are you talking about?" "Why, what is your Reverence talking about?" "The scapular," said the priest. "But I mane the wine and the mutton," says Phaddhy. "And is that the way you treat me, you reprobate you?" replied his Reverence in a passion: "is that the kind of attention you're paying me, and I, advising you, all this time, for the good of your soul?
Next they put a crown of reeds upon his head, took off his robe and scapular, and then threw an old torn mantle, which scarcely reached his knees, over his shoulders; around his neck they hung a long iron chain, with an iron ring at each end, studded with sharp points, which bruised and tore his knees as he walked.
In her simplicity she offered to lead me home to the convent; but while she slept I laid off my wimple and scapular, and stealing her cloak fled away lest she should betray me.
"I am, an' you'll be from Dublin, by the sound of your speakin'. So was my father, who is now drowned forever, and with his wooden leg," she added mournfully, finding a cord in some recess of her pocket, entangled there with a rosary and a cluster of small fishhooks. She patted the odd scapular into the cleft of her bosom and smiled at Rawling.
"Many men come here about sunset," he said. "We sit and drink a little rum before dark; it is good against the fever." "I will come also," said Simpson, rising. "It is every evening?" "Every evening." The carpenter's right hand rose to the pouch which was not a scapular and he caressed it. "Au revoir," said Simpson suddenly. "'Voir," the carpenter replied, still immobile in his chair by the door.
There followed prayers that the peace of God might be granted to the professed monk to enable him worthily to perform the vows which he had made, and before the blessing and imposition of the scapular the Bishop rose to speak in tones of deep emotion: "Brethren, I scarcely dared to hope, when, now nearly ten years ago, I received the vows of your Father Superior as a novice, that I should one day be privileged to be present at this inspiring ceremony.
This was placed on the ring-finger of the left hand as a "symbol of the intimate union and espousal with Christ" signified by her renunciation of the world. The scapular of white serge, similarly blessed, was then laid upon her shoulders as a type of the "yoke of obedience and sacrifice;" and lastly, the black cloak, signifying charity, covering and enveloping the whole person.
"Why to bring the coffin home, now that we're all together," another observed; "they say he never appears to more than two at wanst, so he won't be apt to show himself now, when we're together." "Well, boys, let two of you go down to it," said one of them, "and we'll wait here till yez bring it up." * The scapular is one of the highest religious orders, and is worn by both priest and layman.
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