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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 91324, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> The pelican was symbolized as a bird that stabbed her chest to cause blood to flow to feed her chicks. It is a very old symbol. Only found out about it when I found a large painting of a pelican stabbing her chest. It under two inches of soot after the fire in the Brooklyn church I helped restore.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 91324, member: 78"]Hi, The pelican was symbolized as a bird that stabbed her chest to cause blood to flow to feed her chicks. It is a very old symbol. Only found out about it when I found a large painting of a pelican stabbing her chest. It under two inches of soot after the fire in the Brooklyn church I helped restore. greg[/QUOTE]
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