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FONSECA (Tomás da). A PEDIR Chuva. Lisboa. 1955. - FONSECA (Tomás da) A PEDIR Chuva . Lisboa: Livraria Renascença, 1955. 128 pp.; 175 mm. (Coleção Biblioteca de Fomento Rural). A curious essay by Tomás da Fonseca, presented as a lecture addressed to the farmers of his village on the occasion of prayers ad petendam pluviam to ask for rain. Published in 1955 in the Biblioteca de Fomento Rural collection, it combines rural observation, social criticism, popular religiosity, and agricultural customs. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate