Question about Palms

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I’m not sure if this is the right place to post or not…

I have a question that may seem silly but I was curious. I seem to remember back a long time ago in Catholic School folding palm sunday palms into a “little bundle decoration” (for lack of a better term) that I have seen placed above hanging crucifixes in some Catholic homes.

I have tried searching on the internet, but I don’t remember what these were called (I’m sure there is a proper term - there seems to be a name for everything in Catholicism 😉 ) or how they were made…

Am I just misremembering? Does anyone else know what I’m talking about?
 
hmm. not sure.

where I’m from, people form the palms into all sorts of different beautiful formations… birds, roses, crosses… then the infamous bundle… 😉

is it just like a bundle tied in the middle…? :confused:
 
I have seen the crosses made from folded palms. I haven’t seen roses or birds, but I bet they are beautiful! 🙂

I wish I could describe it better… it is not just simply tied in the middle… it was folded or woven in a way that it has several layers of stacked arched loops…
 
Thanks for the links! 😃 It looked very similar to the picture in the second link, but was more intricate and detailed. If I remember correctly (this was a long time ago! 😉 ) I think the process involved splitting the palm leaf in half or even in quarters and then weaving the pieces…
 
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