ceremony at Halberstadt in, ix. 214;
perhaps derived from an old pagan period of abstinence observed for the growth of the seed, ix. 347 sqq.;
rule of continence during, ix. 348
——, the Buddhist, ix. 349 sq.
——, the Indian and Fijian, v. 90
——, Queen of, iv. 244
——, and the Saturnalia, ix. 345 sqq.
——, the first Sunday in, bonfires and torches on, x. 107 sqq.
——, the third Sunday in, Death carried out on, iv. 238
——, the fourth Sunday in, Death carried out on, ii. 73 sq., iv. 233 sq., 235, 236;