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1930년대의 가난하고 순박한 Ireland 어느 작은 마을 사람들의 이야기로서, Frank McCourt의 자전적 이야기 Angela’s Ashes 중에 실려있는, 첫 영성체 날의 Episode인데, 지난번 Article No. 141 첫 告解 이야기의 후속편입니다.

이튿날 아침, 허겁지겁 서둘어 가까스로 첫 영성체 예식을 치룬 著者(나)는 외할머니 宅에 불려가서 첫영성체기념 아침식사 [First Communion Breakfast]를 함께 하게 되었습니다.
[그런데 아래 영어 문장에서 Grandma의 이야기 부분은, 현대 어법에 맞지 않거나 Dictionary에 없는 어휘가 가끔 나오는데, 이는 남부 Irish 사투리와 비슷하게 표현하려는 저자의 의도이었을 것으로 생각됩니다. 그냥 대충 넘어가셔도 좋을 듯…]

We followed her. She banged pots and rattled pans and complained that the whole world expected her to be their beck and call. I ate the egg, I ate the sausage, and when I reached for more sugar for my tea she slapped my hand away.
[ Go aisy with that sugar. Is it a millionaire you think I am? An American? Is it bedecked  in glitterin’ jewelry you think I am? Smothered in fancy furs? ]

The food churned in my stomach. I gagged. I ran to her backyard and threw it all up. Out she came.
[ Look at what he did. Thrun up his First Communion breakfast. Thrun up the body and blood of Jesus. I have God in me backyard. What am I goin’ to do? I’ll take him to the Jesuits for they know the sins of the Pope himself. ]

She dragged me through the streets of Limerick. She told the neighbors and passing strangers about God in her backyard. She pushed me into the confession box.

-        In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s a day since my last confession.
-        A day? And what sins have committed in a day, my child?
-        I overslept. I nearly missed my First Communion. My grandmother said I have standing up, North of Ireland, Presbyterian hair. I threw up my First Communion breakfast. Now Grandma says she has God in her backyard and what should she do.

The priest is like the First Confession priest. He has the heavy breathing and the choking sounds.

-        Ah… ah… tell tour grandmother to wash God away with a little water and for your penance say one Hail Mary and one Our Father. Say a prayer for me and God bless you, my child.

Grandma and Mam were waiting close to the confession box. Grandma said, [ Were you telling jokes to that priest in the confession box? If it’s a thing I ever find out you were telling jokes to Jesuits I’ll tear the bloody kidneys outa you. Now what did he say about in me backyard? ]
He said wash Him away with a little water, Grandma.
[ Holy water or ordinary water? ]
He didn’t say, Grandma.
[ Well, go back and ask him. ]
But, Grandma …
She pushed me back into the confessional.

-        Bless me, Father, for I have sinned, it’s a minute since my last confession.
-        A minute! Are you the boy that was just here?
-        I am, Father.
-        What is it now?
-        My Grandma says, Holy water or ordinary water?
-        Ordinary water, and tell your grandmother not to be bothering me again.

I told her, Ordinary water, Grandma, and he said don’t be bothering him again.

註記
Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir, Angela’s Ashes [published in 1996], has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit, and its profound humanity. It won the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.
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