Purification by bathing or washing, [3] sq.;
by means of stone-throwing, [23] sqq.;
religious, intended to keep off demons, [104] sq.;
the Great, a Japanese ceremony, [213] n. 1;
by beating, [262];
Feast of the, (Candlemas), [332]
—— festival among the Cherokee Indians, [128]
Purim, the Jewish festival of, [360] sqq.;
custom of burning effigies of Haman at, [392] sqq.;
compared to the Carnival, [394];