Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and PaganMiles, Clement A.
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Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
Miles, Clement A.
Christmas; Christmas -- History; Fasts and feasts
France, Christmas poetry in, 55-65;
Midnight Mass in, 96-8;
Christmas drama in, 124-7, 138-43;
All Souls' Eve in, 191-2;
Christmas Eve superstitions in, 234-5;
Christmas log in, 254-6;
Christmas-tree in, 267;
Harvest May in, 271;
presents brought by _le petit Jesus_, 278;
Christmas cakes in, 287-8;
Feast of Fools in, 302-6;
Boy Bishop in, 308;
Innocents' Day in, 316;
New Year in, 322-3;
_aguillanneuf_ in, 329-30;
Epiphany in, 339-42, 344, 349-50;
Candlemas candles in, 353
Francis, St. (of Assisi), and Christmas, 36-8, 105-6, 157, 289
Frazer, Dr. J. G., 6, 167, 180, 182, 199, 276, 288, 324
Frick, Frau, 241
Frigg, 241
Friuli, All Souls' Day in, 194
Frumenty, 285
Games, Christmas, 293-4 |395|
Gaude, Frau, 241-2
Gautier, Theophile, 64
Gay, 196
Geese-dancers, 299
Genealogy, chanting of the, 93
George, St., in mummers' plays, 299-301
Gerhardt, Paul, 73-4
Germanicus, 202
Germany, Christmas established in, 21;
Christmas poetry in Catholic, 42-7;
Protestant hymns in, 70-6;
Christmas services in, 98-9;
the crib and _Kindelwiegen_ in, 107-12;
Christmas drama in, 143-6;
"star-singing" in, 152;
Roman customs in, 171;
pre-Christian New Year in, 171-4;
soul-cakes in, 194;
the _Schimmel_ and other animal masks in, 199-201;
Martinmas customs in, 202-8;
St. Andrew's Eve in, 214-6;
St. Nicholas in, 218-9, 229-32;
St. Thomas's Eve in, 225;
Christmas Eve in, 229, 237;
Twelve Days superstitions in, 240-3;
Frau Berchta, etc., in, 241-3;
werewolves in, 246;
Christmas log in, 256;
Christmas-tree in, 263-7, 359;
Harvest May in, 271;
Christmas presents in, 277-9;
Christmas fare in, 286-9;
sacrificial relics in, 292;
St. Stephen's Day in, 312, 315-6;
St. John's Day in, 314-6;
Holy Innocents' Day in, 316;
New Year in, 322, 332
Gilmorton, "Christmas Vase" at, 118
Glastonbury thorns, 268-9
"Gloria in excelsis," 91, 94
Goethe, 266
_Goliards_, 49, 128
Gomme, Sir Laurence, 257-8, 354
Goose, Martinmas, 203;
Christmas, 284
Gozzoli, Benozzo, 148
Grampus, 219
Greece, Epiphany ceremonies in, 102-3, 244-5, 344;
winter festivals of Dionysus in, 169, 245;
_Kallikantzaroi_ in, 244-7, 257;
Christmas log in, 257, 344;
_rhamna_ in Chios, 270;
"Christ's Loaves" in, 290;
folk-plays in, 300-1;
New Year in, 331, 333
Greek Church, Epiphany in, 22, 102-4;
Christmas in, 22, 99-101;
Advent in, 90
Gregorie, 315
Gregory III., 107
Gregory the Great, letter to Mellitus, 179, 203
Guernsey, Christmas superstitions in, 234, 240;
_oguinane_ in, 330
Guisers, 297-8
Guy Fawkes Day, 182, 198-9
_Habergaiss_, 201
_Habersack_, 201
Hakon the Good, 21, 172
Hallowe'en, 182, 195-8
Hampstead, Guy Fawkes Day at, 199
Hans Trapp, 230
Hardy, Mr. Thomas, 48, 234
Harke, Frau, 241
Harrison, Miss Jane, 21, 176-7, 325
"Haxey Hood," 347-8
Herbert, George, 81
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