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... at great festivals by the Druids , p . 319 sq .; traces of this custom in the Midsummer Giants of modern Europe and in the practice of burning live animals at the fire - festivals , pp . 320-326 viii THE GOLDEN BOUGH.
... at great festivals by the Druids , p . 319 sq .; traces of this custom in the Midsummer Giants of modern Europe and in the practice of burning live animals at the fire - festivals , pp . 320-326 viii THE GOLDEN BOUGH.
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... live chicken round his neck , so that it lies on his breast . 1 T. T. Cooper , Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce ( London , 1871 ) , p . 275 . 2 J. Macdonald , " Manners , Cus- toms , etc. , of South African Tribes , " Journal of the ...
... live chicken round his neck , so that it lies on his breast . 1 T. T. Cooper , Travels of a Pioneer of Commerce ( London , 1871 ) , p . 275 . 2 J. Macdonald , " Manners , Cus- toms , etc. , of South African Tribes , " Journal of the ...
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... live long and reign happily . " Having thus , with a noble devotion , taken to himself the sins of the sufferer , and likewise the rupees , he is sent away from the country and never more allowed to return . Closely akin to this is the ...
... live long and reign happily . " Having thus , with a noble devotion , taken to himself the sins of the sufferer , and likewise the rupees , he is sent away from the country and never more allowed to return . Closely akin to this is the ...
Side 23
... live duck to the belly of the sufferer ; the pains passed from the man into the bird , to which they proved fatal . According to the same writers a 1 L. Strackerjan , op . cit . i . 71 , $ 85 . 2 Geoponica , xiii . 9 , xv . 1 ; Pliny ...
... live duck to the belly of the sufferer ; the pains passed from the man into the bird , to which they proved fatal . According to the same writers a 1 L. Strackerjan , op . cit . i . 71 , $ 85 . 2 Geoponica , xiii . 9 , xv . 1 ; Pliny ...
Side 24
... live hare , take the huckle - bone from one of its feet and the down from the belly , then let the hare go , pronouncing as he did so the words , " Run away , run away , little hare , and take away with you the intestine pain ...
... live hare , take the huckle - bone from one of its feet and the down from the belly , then let the hare go , pronouncing as he did so the words , " Run away , run away , little hare , and take away with you the intestine pain ...
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