When not in use it rests in a ciborium (cuplike vessel) in the tabernacle, a stout box on the church's high altar.
But the ordinary citizen will hardly be familiar with zarfs (cuplike stands for small coffee cups), yauds (work horses) or vugs (small rock cavities), and he may also be .
All these veins are fitted by nature with internal cuplike valves, which open rhythmically to let a certain amount of blood flow up, then close to make sure that none flows back.