“_Now carry we Death out of the village,_ _The new Summer into the village,_ _Welcome, dear Summer,_ _Green little corn._”(644) At Tabor in Bohemia the figure of Death is carried out of the town and flung from a high rock into the water, while they sing— “_Death swims on the water,_ _Summer will soon be here,_ _We carried Death away for you,_ _We brought the Summer._ _And do thou, O holy Marketa,_ _Give us a good year_ _For wheat and for rye._”(645) In other parts of Bohemia they carry Death to the end of the village, singing— “_We carry Death out of the village,_ _And the New Year into the village._ _Dear Spring, we bid you welcome,_ _Green grass, we bid you welcome._” Behind the village they erect a pyre, on which they burn the straw figure, reviling and scoffing at it the while. Then they return, singing— “_We have carried away Death,_ _And brought Life back._ _He has taken up his quarters in the village,_ _Therefore sing joyous songs._”(646) (M187) In some German villages of Moravia, as in Jassnitz and Seitendorf, the young folk assemble on the third Sunday in Lent and fashion a straw-man, who is generally adorned with a fur cap and a pair of old leathern hose, if such are to be had. The effigy is then hoisted on a pole and carried by the lads and lasses out into the open fields. On the way they sing a song, in which it is said that they are carrying Death away and bringing dear Summer into the house, and with Summer the May and the flowers. On reaching an appointed place they dance in a circle round the effigy with loud shouts and screams, then suddenly rush at it and tear it to pieces with their hands. Lastly, the pieces are thrown together in a heap, the pole is broken, and fire is set to the whole. While it burns the troop dances merrily round it, rejoicing at the victory won by Spring; and when the fire has nearly died out they go to the householders to beg for a present of eggs wherewith to hold a feast, taking care to give as a reason for the request that they have carried Death out and away.(647)