I wonder if he knew?

[heywood]

Looks as though Kate Mason was local and was a Deputy Registrar, her father being a Registrar.
Interestingly, Emmeline Pankhurst was a Registrar in a different area of Manchester at the time.

I would have thought there was some sort of scrutiny or directives regarding completion of the forms but obviously not from the examples quoted on here from time to time.

I found an 1851 entry a while ago for William Calcraft who was a hangman.
His trade was a Boot and Shoe Maker and the enumerator has added ‘His Honour, the Finisher of the Law’ and added a small cartoon drawing with ‘Beware’.

[Ayashi]

Just curious, but what are the "RIGHT idols"??

Malky

I just mean that different religions have their own beliefs and in particular, of course, the Christian God forbade the practice of prayer to any god or inanimate object that was not himself. If someone prays to the idol of Jesus on the cross, this is a correct idol. If someone prays to a bull with five heads, this is not a correct idol. If someone is seen to think more of a bottle of alcohol than of their Lord, that'd probably be considered rather poorly as well.

[Flattybasher9]

But reading the post containing "A so called idolatrous Roman Catholic Priest. Workhouse Chaplain". she could be meaning "an over the top, put the fear of god in you, bible thumping clergyman," and as it is, we will never know. The description may just be based on hearsay from parishioners, and the definitions overstated and slightly spurious. The clue may be in the two words, "Workhouse Chaplain".

Malky

[heywood]

As you say, we will never know.

[LizzieW]

I wonder if she meant the priest was the idol of the parishioners - and maybe her and she'd been rejected 

[aggiebagwash]

You don't mean she wrote idolatrous and it should have been adulterous lol.   

[Erato]

Just curious, but what are the "RIGHT idols"??

Dunno.  I don't do religion.  But at the bottom of my RootsChat page, I have an ad that I could click on, if I felt so inclined.  It says, "Talk to God. God is waiting to hear from you. Pray now."  Frankly, I find the intrusion of such an ad somewhat impertinent, even offensive, but, who knows, maybe you could find an answer to your question there.

[Top-of-the-hill]

   I wonder what you have been saying to make the internet think you would like to see that?? Personally I am getting very bored with the advert for a local university. Don't know why I am getting that either.

[LizzieW]

You don't mean she wrote idolatrous and it should have been adulterous lol.   

Yes, I think she just spelt the word wrong.