In those days it wasn't permitted to receive communion standing and everything was in Latin, but my mother is accustomed to noting that kind of superfluous detail when she wants to get to the heart of the matter.
Garai hartan ez zen zutik komulgatzeko baimenik eta latinez bakarrik ohi ziren elizkizunak, alabaina, nire amak gauzen muina bete-betean ukitu nahi izaten duenean orduan bakarrik ematen ditu honelako xehetasun axalekoak.