Interesting bit of history from the pastBy

One day when Irma and I were walking, we were passing a church and she pointed out a pretty little niche in the wall in front of the church.  She said is the old days, if a woman was not able to keep her baby for some reason, she could leave the baby wrapped up in blankets or in a basket in that little niche, then ring a bell on the gate.  A nun would run out and get the baby and bring it into the church and care for it.  The nuns would keep a list of families that wanted to adopt a baby and soon that baby would have a new home.  Sometimes the mother who left the baby would leave a note with her baby, and I believe the nuns would keep that note, maybe for future reference.  I'll have to check with Irma on that last piece.

(By the way Irma has corrected my spelling:  it's Rábanos not Rabinos and Bacalao not Baccalau.)