But a fly has landed in the holy water: King's strategy may be losing steam.
"I had to use holy water to put out the fire they set, " she recalls bitterly.
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At the spring, holy water and candles are handed out to everyone present for good health.
With smiles all round, she sprinkles holy water over herself and those gathered to witness the ceremony.
Dad blessed the house from the attic to the barn by spreading incense smoke and sprinkling holy water.
" All this occurs in an elaborate spa where Guido is taking thermal baths as well as daily quantities of "holy water.
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We would begin praying and sprinkling these rather ordinary implements with yellow turmeric powder, red roli powder, grains of rice, holy water, and flower petals.
Nobody could predict what motion would turn on the holy water.
"Almost all of these companies are in denial like an alcoholic--'I don't have a problem, just sprinkle holy water on this and I'll be fine, '" Marsal told me.
Witnesses told the newspaper the situation was aggravated when bags of holy water by the gates burst in the confusion and created a dangerously slippery surface on the entrance slope.
In the morning, consecrated and ceremonial rituals are solemnized and a procession with the sacred icons representing the two Saints travels outside the village to a spring with holy water, accompanied by drum and bagpipes.
Many carry tridents and spears, but most carry kamandals - small brass or copper pitcher for carrying the holy Ganges water.
Women were gathered around a motion-activated faucet that dispensed water from the holy spring.
Over the past two days, the Shiite holy city has been without water and electricity, reports said.
After the Tawaf - walking around the Kaaba, the cube-like structure at the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca - we will offer two rakaas or units of prayer, followed by drinking water from the holy Zam Zam spring.
The two had gone missing on Easter, when they called 911 to report they were lost and out of water after wandering off Holy Jim Trail during what they expected would be an easy day hike.
In Damascus, the traditions of Ramadan are as old as the Koran, Islam's holy book: a month of introspection and prayer, no food or water from sunup to sundown.
The founder and owner of a Bozeman water and septic company called Utility Solutions, Campbell is also in the market for her holy grail, a ranch on which she can raise cattle and hunt.
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