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St Beuno, a seventh century abbot, was said to be so grateful to a curlew for rescuing his prayer book after it fell into the sea that he asked for all curlews to be protected.

He wore a purple silk stole, embroidered, around his neck and held the tiniest prayer book you ever saw.

They distributed handmade Haggadahs — prayer books for the Passover holiday — and read prayers in Hebrew, keeping to the traditional order.

I even had the prayer book sitting there in anticipation.

He said the only object that survived from the minivan was a prayer book, which was barely damaged.