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Abbots Bromley, horn-dance at, 201 |
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Abruzzi, All Souls' Eve in, 192; "new
water " in, 333 |
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Adam and Eve, their Day, 271 |
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Advent, 90-2; " Advent images," 11S; |
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Alexandria, pagan rites at, 20 |
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All Saints' Day, and the cult of the dead,
173, 189-90 |
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All Souls' Day, and the cult of the dead,
173, 181, 189-95 |
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Alsace, Christkind in, 230 ; New Year's
"May" in, 269-70 |
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Amiens, Feast of Fools at, 305 |
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Anatolius, St., hymn of, 100 |
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Ancestor-worship, 181, 253-4, 290, 341 |
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Andrew, St., his Day, 173, 213-6, 277 |
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Animals, carol of, 69 ; ox and ass at the
Nativity, 155 ; cult of, 174-S ; masks |
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of, 175-6, 199-202; on Christmas |
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Eve,233-4 ; specially fed at Christmas, |
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Ansbach, Martinmas in, 206 |
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Antwerp, soul-cakes at, 194 ; St. Martin
at, 206-7 ; St- Thomas's Day at, 224 |
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Apples, customs with, 195-6, 207, 278 |
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Ardennes, St. Thomas's Day in, 224 |
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Armenian Church, Epiphany in, 22 |
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Artemis and St. Nicholas, 218 |
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Aryan and pre-Arynn custunu, 165-4 |
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Ashes, superstition about, 258 |
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Athens, New Year in, ; •, 1 |
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Augury, 182, 195-S, 214-,-, 115,
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Augustine, St. (of Canterbury), 21, |
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Austria, Christmas poetry in, 45-6; |
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Christmas drama in, 143-6 ; soul- |
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cakes in, 194 ; St. Nicholas in, 2 1 |
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St. Lucia's Eve in, 223 ; St. Th |
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Eve in, 225 ; Frau IVrchta, <u., in, |
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241-4, 342 ; Sylvester in, 2-4. $m |
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also Bohemia, Carinthia, Styri.i, i |
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Baden, All Souls' Eve in, 192 |
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Baptism of Christ, celebrated at Epipii |
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Bari, festival of St. Nicholas a, zz\ |
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Barring out the master, 224 |
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Basil, St., his festival, ;; 1 |
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Bavari.i, St. Martin's roj in, 207 ; C'hrut- |
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mas-trees in, 266-7 j »a " ist •■•
2S6; St. John's wine in, 514 |
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Beauvais, Feast of the Ass at, |
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