132 Statue of St. Joseph 圣約瑟的塑像
There is a folk belief that if you bury a statue of St. Joseph on a piece of property, it will be sold more quickly. When I was getting ready to move, I buried the St. Joseph near my front door. A few days later a woman made an offer. Since she had to sell her property, I suggested she enlist the help of the saint as well. After a month of burying the statue all over her lawn, she had no nibbles and in disgust put the statue out in her trash. A week later she opened her local paper and read: “Town Sells Landfill to Private Developer.”
有一種民間的信念,就是如果把圣約瑟的塑像埋在一份地產里,這份地產就能較快賣掉。當我準備搬家的時候,我就把圣約瑟的塑像埋在我的前門口。幾天以后就有一個婦女出了價。由于她也要出賣她的地產,我建議她也獲得這位圣徒的幫助。她在她的草坪上埋了許多圣像,但一個月以后依然無人問津。一氣之下,她把圣像扔進了垃圾箱。一個星期以后,她打開當地報紙,赫然登著一條消息:“市政府把垃圾場賣給私人開發(fā)商”。