Colm O'Regan: Pray to St Anthony for lost treasures — it's worth giving it a go

He is also the patron saint of elderly people but that may just be because he is always around at their houses looking for their glasses case.

The Saint Anthony who finds the backs of earrings stuck in your mother’s jumper is Saint Anthony of Padua. Picture: iStock

“No you can’t bring it.”
“Why not?
“Because you don’t need it.”
“But I want to bring it.”
“But you’ll lose it and then you’ll be crying”

Outstanding parenting. Accusing children of future hypothetical crying. But I’m doing this for their own good. I don’t want them to lose it about losing “it”.