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Goodness, gracious…

3 September 2009

… great balls of fire!

According to legend, San Geronimo squared off with Satan, and — when Old Scratch tossed a few fireballs his way — Geronimo lobbed them back.

San Geronimo is the patron saint of Nejapa, El Salvador, and is credited with saving the community from a 1917 volcanic eruption. In commemoration, every year since 1922, the Every year, since 1922, residents of Nejapa have been honoring San Geronimo in their own way. Besides, you can’t exactly have a snowball fight in El Salvador in September.

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  1. John Donaghy's avatar
    3 September 2009 3:23 pm

    The Guanacos are crazy when it comes to fire. Have you ever seen their bull, a person in a bull head with lots of firecrackers attached! It’s scary.
    PS – Though I live in Honduras I feel part-Guanaco from visiting there so often!

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