custom of “Driving out Death” on, iv. 235;
wooden effigies of swallows carried about the streets on, viii. 322 n.;
bells rung to make the grass grow on, ix. 247;
Roman festival of the Matronalia on, ix. 346
——, the 25th, tradition that Christ was crucified on, v. 306
March moon, woodbine cut in the increase of the, xi. 184
Marco Polo, on beating as a punishment in China, iii. 243 sq.
Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, iv. 227.
See [Shrove Tuesday]
Marduk or Merodach, chief Babylonian god, ix. 356, 357, 399;