'Serenity'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Oxford Guide to Saints (not sure if that's the real title) should tell you what their various symbols are.
edit: [link] is a big website at catholic.org that will overwhelm you with stuff. Go to the Patron Saint section, and you'll find a spreadsheet with various causes and their saints. Somewhere in there you should be able to find their symbols.
ION, saints are cool.
Reposted here - where I meant to:
Somebody just asked on WX if The Song of Fire and Ice is appropriate for a 16 year old.
What do you guys think?
OK I'll bite:
"Who is that woman and why is she carrying two bells on a plate?"
And what are those if they aren't bells?
And what are those if they aren't bells?
Her breasts, of course. Don't you know your bizarro saints?
Hil, I've got that documentary on VHS, if you'd like to borrow it. (Profile addy is good.)
Her breasts, of course. Don't you know your bizarro saints?
The poor thing was tortured to death, but everyone either didn't want to think of the ickyness of her carrying them around on the platter so it was assumed they were bells, and that's how she became the patron of bellmakers.
Can't think of her name, though.
There's also a patron of mad dogs. The Lord wanted to make him patron of young girls, but he said, "All they'll do is annoy me with prayers for husbands! I'd rather be patron of mad dogs!"
Not St. Agnes?
(No, it's not -- just googled. If I were at home, I'd look at my Art History books. Why can't I remember that woman's name?)
Well, there's this one.
Ouch!