Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it. Brother Maynard ...

After calling in bomb experts (and perhaps a squad of Trappist monks), it was revealed the would-be booby trap was actually a prop replica of The Holy Hand ... relics of Brother Maynard (Eric ...

The Holy Hand grenade is described as a “sacred relic” carried by Brother Maynard, and its instructions are read aloud by Michael Palin from the ‘Book of Armaments’: "..And the Lord spake ...