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in drama, 121-54 5 'ts human appeal, |
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from other festivals, 173, 226, 277-8, |
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masking customs, 297-308 ; log, see |
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Christmas Eve, 229-38 ; superstitions |
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about the supernatural, 233-7; log |
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customs, 251-8 ; fish supper on, 286-7 |
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Christmas-tree, 168, 17S, 263-72 ; its origin, 267-72 |
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Circumcision, Feast of, 101, 302. See also New Year's Day |
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Clement, St., his Day, 211-2 |
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Cleobury Mortimer, curfew at, 258 |
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Clermont, shepherd play at, 141 |
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Communion, sacrificial, 174-8 |
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" Comte d'Alsinoys," 56,58-9 |
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Cornwall, Hallowe'en custom in, 196 ; |
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blackbird pie in, 293 ; Childermas in, 315 |
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Coventry plays, 128, 130-1, 138 |
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Crib, Christmas, 105-8, 113-8 ; possible |
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survivals in England, 118, 274 |
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Crivoscian customs, 231, 253-4, 276, 346-7 |
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Croatia, St. Andrew's Eve in, 215 ; |
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Christmas log customs in, 251 Crcnia, 166 |
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Dalmatia, Yule log customs in, 252 |
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Dancing, 47-8, 293-4, 29S-300, 302 |
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Dead, feasts of the, 173, 1S0-1, 1S9-95, 235-6,240, 255-4, 34i |
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Decorations, evergreen, i'. 155 |
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Derbyshire, u ' onch " 1 l, 2-4 ;
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Devil, and beast masks, 202 ; », 240 |
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Devon, " Yeth ' in, 240 ; "ashton faggot" in, fruit-trees in, ,45 |
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Dinan, Herod play at, 141 |
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Dionysus, as child-god, 21 ; wii
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Drama, Christmas, in Latin, 121-7; '" |
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English, 128-38; in French, |
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German, 143-6; in Italian, 1. |
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plays, 220, 252; pagan folk |
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Drinking customs, 36, 204, ,314-5, |
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Druids and mistletoe, 2-; |
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survivals of the Christmas a |
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