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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements and Note
Contents
List of Maps and Figure
1 The Origins of Christmas
2 The Twelve Days
3 The Trials of Christmas
4 Rites of Celebration and Reassurance
5 Rites of Purification and Blessing
6 Rites of Hospitality and Charity
7 Mummers’ Play and Sword Dance
8 Hobby-Horse and Horn Dance
9 Misrule
10 The Reinvention of Christmas
11 Speeding the Plough
12 Brigid’s Night
13 Candlemas
14 Valentines
15 Shrovetide
16 Lent
17 The Origins of Easter
18 Holy Week
19 An Egg at Easter
20 The Easter Holidays
21 England and St George
22 Beltane
23 The May
24 May Games and Whitsun Ales
25 Morris and Marian
26 Rogationtide and Pentecost
27 Royal Oak
28 A Merrie May
29 Corpus Christi
30 The Midsummer Fires
31 Sheep, Hay, and Rushes
32 First Fruits
33 Harvest Home
34 Wakes, Revels, and Hoppings
35 Samhain
36 Saints and Souls
37 The Modern Hallowe’en
38 Blood Month and Virgin Queen
39 Gunpowder Treason
40 Conclusions
Notes
Index
Footnote
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