For one thing, in the actual process you get really interesting folktales about Mary, as in Our Lady Mary, the Holy Mother. In some of them she steals stuff. *is juvenile* Mary as a Trickster figure amuses me a wee bit too much.

Ooh, I haven't come across those before. I've seen some (mostly Italian) folktales with various saints as tricksters (usually Peter), but not Mary. How neat. Must go hunting. Yay research!