Ordinance of shaking dust from feet?

[Anonymous]

RMsister wrote:

I have a story I got from a friend who is serving in the Leeds mission. There is a story going around there about a Laundromat which missionaries used in the past.

The elders had to leave their washing behind for a bit because of something that came up. When they returned, the owner had hung their garments in the window with a note: “Mormon Monkey Suits”.

They gathered their belongings under a lot of mockings and called their mission president. The president then went to the Laundromat and ”shook the dust of his feet’.

Within a week the Laundromat burned down.

True or false? I don’t know. I just think it’s quite a sensational story people feast upon and change over time

Is that supposed to be Leeds in England? “Monkey suit” doesn’t strike me as a particularly English expression.

[Anonymous]

I heard the laundromat story in my mission in Georgia. It’s a Mormon myth, without an ounce of truth, IMO.

[Anonymous]

mormonheretic wrote:

I heard the laundromat story in my mission in Georgia. It’s a Mormon myth, without an ounce of truth, IMO.

Including truth of the symbolic kind. :thumbdown:

[Anonymous]

I agree with Tom and think wishing ill on anyone is hardly the “love your enemies, do good to them that hurt you” ideal that our folklore should point to.

[Anonymous]

Orson wrote:

I agree with Tom and think wishing ill on anyone is hardly the “love your enemies, do good to them that hurt you” ideal that our folklore should point to.

Good point. Does anyone have any examples of folklore that fits this description (Mormon or otherwise)?

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