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CHRISTMAS FOLKLORE . 1. Fabyan Robert : The Chronicle of Fabyan , etc. By Jhon Kyngston . London , 1559. fol . 2. The Chronicles of England , from the yeare . . . 1576 . By John Stow and others . 1587 . 3. A Ha ! Christmas .
CHRISTMAS FOLKLORE . 1. Fabyan Robert : The Chronicle of Fabyan , etc. By Jhon Kyngston . London , 1559. fol . 2. The Chronicles of England , from the yeare . . . 1576 . By John Stow and others . 1587 . 3. A Ha ! Christmas .
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6 in those days no silent streets , no closed taverns at Christmas , but every street presented a festive appearance and swarmed with joyous crowds . Here is a quaint description from Stow of that earlier London : Against the feast of ...
6 in those days no silent streets , no closed taverns at Christmas , but every street presented a festive appearance and swarmed with joyous crowds . Here is a quaint description from Stow of that earlier London : Against the feast of ...
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integral part of Christmas mummings in the Middle Ages . Further characteristics of this primitive cult are the sacrifice of a human victim to Dionysus , with possibly cannibalistic rites . The god was believed at certain seasons to ...
integral part of Christmas mummings in the Middle Ages . Further characteristics of this primitive cult are the sacrifice of a human victim to Dionysus , with possibly cannibalistic rites . The god was believed at certain seasons to ...
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