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The customs observed at these places and at Althenneberg are described together by W. Mannhardt, Der Baumkultus, p. 505. The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, ii. 349 sqq. See further below, vol. ii. pp. 298 sqq. J.W. Wolf, Beiträge sur deutschen Mythologie, i. 75 sq.; W. Mannhardt, Der Baumkultus, p. 506.
Near Forchheim, in Upper Franken, a straw-man called the Judas used to be burned in the churchyards on Easter Saturday. About a hundred years ago or more the custom at Althenneberg, in Upper Bavaria, used to be as follows.
In the Altmark, bones were burned in it. Near Forchheim, in Upper Franken, a straw-man called the Judas used to be burned in the churchyards on Easter Saturday. About a hundred years ago or more the custom at Althenneberg, in Upper Bavaria, used to be as follows.
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