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You can hang anything you like on your pack. There is no obligation to carry any scallop shell to receive a Compostela.Therefore my question is: are we allowed to hang this shells at our backpacks ? If there are not actual coquilles St Jacques, does this preclude qualifying for Compostela ?
Thank you, that's better.You can hang anything you like on your pack.
Handy if you can't find an albergue for the night though...Thank you, that's better.
However, I do not recommend hanging Giant clam, it is far too heavy.
Whilst ‘king scallops’ (St Jaqués) are zamburiñas, Queenies are vieiras in Spain.We talk about King Scallops and Queen Scallops
Within certain limitations. In the days when you could still take your pack into the Cathedral there was a young man who drew the attention of those nice chaps in robes who did their best to shepherd the throng. The Union Jack boxer shorts, hung to dry along with the previous days socks, caused some consternationYou can hang anything you like on your pack.
I think those actually might be cockles--as in "Cockles, and mussels, alive, alive-o." Not sure what they're called in Castilian Spanish.We just picked up a couple of smaller shells on the beach at Muxia and will use those in the future. Smaller and less likely to get broken.View attachment 156216
In Castillian Spanish is " zamburiña" an imported word from Galego. I think that in Catalan and Basque say also "zamburiña".I think those actually might be cockles--as in "Cockles, and mussels, alive, alive-o." Not sure what they're called in Castilian Spanish.
If you ever go to the Isle of Man "Queenies" are a popular local and cheap dish served in a creamy sauce with bread.We talk about King Scallops and Queen Scallops
They are just sooo good! A dream come trueI must say the Zamburinas I had in Asturias last spring were some of the tastiest things on earth. I still have dreams of Zamburinas with garlic and good bread at the end of a long day's journey. Great memories!
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hahahaThank you, that's better.
However, I do not recommend hanging Giant clam, it is far too heavy.
I believe those shells are from a kind of clam. But they are beautiful and would look great on your backpack.We just picked up a couple of smaller shells on the beach at Muxia and will use those in the future. Smaller and less likely to get broken.View attachment 156216
We just picked up a couple of smaller shells on the beach at Muxia and will use those in the future. Smaller and less likely to get broken.
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The two larger ones look like scallop shells, but the smaller one looks like a clam shell.I believe those shells are from a kind of clam. But they are beautiful and would look great on your backpack.
I am doubting pilgrims of old cared and if they just picked up up a shell off the beach may have just been happy to find a shell. I am happy with them and that's really all I am concerned about. My first shell broke the one-and-only-time I shipped my pack. I got another in Estella while serving as hospitalera. I have a third from Arres which is a cockle with a notation on it from Arres. This third one would actually show I have been to the sea so hopefully Phil can get them drilled and stringed before the next Camino.The two larger ones look like scallop shells, but the smaller one looks like a clam shell.
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