Frances McHugh, 67, a retired secretary from Shirley, Birmingham, and a parishioner at Our Lady of the WaysideChurch described the pontiff as "a very holy man", adding that "it is lovely to see him in this country".
There are also egg-shaped boxes that conceal nutmeg graters (women used the nutmeg to disguise bad meat at wayside inns), and boxes made to look like pocket watches (Welsh miners flashed them after church to imitate the real thing).