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• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition Index

  | | Christmas in Ritual and Tradition by Clement A. Miles [1912] | This is a study of the origin of modern Christmas in ancient pagan…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Contents

  The Origin and Purpose of Festivals—Ideas suggested by Christmas—Pagan and Christian Elements—The Names of the Festival—Foundation of the…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Illustrations

  Gentile da Fabriano. (Florence: Accademia) Albert Dürer Pesellino. (Empoli Gallery) From “Laude di Frate Jacopone da Todi” (Florence, 1490)…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part I. The Christian ...

  The French Noël—Latin Hymnody in Eighteenth-century France—Spanish Christmas Verse—Traditional Carols of Many Countries—Christmas Poetry in…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part I. The Christian ...

  Ancient Latin Hymns, their Dogmatic, Theological Character—Humanizing Influence of Franciscanism—Jacopone da Todi's Vernacular Verse—German…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part I. The Christian ...

  Before we pass on to the pagan aspects of Christmas, let us gather up our thoughts in an attempt to realize the peculiar appeal of the…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part I. The Christian ...

  Origins of the Mediaeval Drama—Dramatic Tendencies in the Liturgy—Latin Liturgical Plays—The Drama becomes Laicized—Characteristics of the…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part I. The Christian Feast: Chapter IV. Christmas in Liturgy and Popular Devotion

  Advent and Christmas Offices of the Roman Church—The Three Masses of Christmas, their Origin and their Celebration in Rome—The Midnight…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  The reader who has had patience to persevere will by now have gained some idea of the manner in which Christmas is, and has been, kept…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  Prominence of Eating in the English Christmas—The Boar's Head, the Goose, and other Christmas Fare—Frumenty, Sowens, Yule Cakes, and the…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  Principle of New Year Customs—The New Year in France, Germany, the United States, and Eastern Europe—“First-footing” in Great…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  Horse Customs of St. Stephen's Day—The Swedish St. Stephen—St.

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  Sacred Texts Time Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, by Clement A. Miles, [1912] INDEX -…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  The Log as Centre of the Domestic Christmas—Customs of the Southern Slavs—The Polaznik—Origin of the Yule Log—Probable Connection with…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  The Church and Superstition—Nature of Pagan Survivals—Racial Origins—Roman Festivals of the Saturnalia and Kalends—Was there a Teutonic…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  English Court Masking—“The Lord of Misrule”—The Mummers’ Play, the Sword-Dance, and the Morris Dance—Origin of St. George and other…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, their Relation to a New Year Festival—All Souls’ Eve and Tendance of the Departed—Soul Cakes in England…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Surviva...

  The Christmas-tree a German Creation—Charm of the German Christmas—Early Christmas-trees—The Christmas Pyramid—Spread of the Tree in Modern…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Survivals: Chapter IX. Christmas Eve and the Twelve Days

  Christkind, Santa Klaus, and Knecht Ruprecht—Talking Animals and other Wonders of Christmas Eve—Scandinavian Beliefs about Trolls and the…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Survivals: Chapter VIII. St. Clement to St. Thomas

  St. Clement's Day Quests and Processions—St. Catherine's Day as Spinsters’ Festival—St.

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Survivals: Chapter XVI. Epiphany to Candlemas

  The Twelfth Cake and the “King of the Bean”—French Twelfth Night Customs—St. Basil's Cake in Macedonia—Epiphany and the Expulsion of…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Survivals: Footnotes

  1 For an explanation of the small numerals in the text see Preface. [Transcriber's Note: In this edition the numerals are enclosed in , so…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Part II. Pagan Survivals: Notes and Bibliography

  Bibliographical details are given with the first reference to each authority, and the titles and authors’ names are there printed in heavy…

• Christmas in Ritual and Tradition: Preface

  In this volume I have tried to show how Christmas is or has been kept in various lands and ages, and to trace as far as possible the origin…

• Current Phase of the Moon

  | Planetary Positions Islamic Date Jewish Date | | CURRENT PHASE OF THE MOON The 'age' is the distance in degrees (from 0 to 360) that the…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: A Christmas Carol

  THE Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.) The Christ-child…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: A Christmas Carol

  THAT sweeter music can we bring Than a carol, for to sing The birth of this our heavenly King? Awake the voice; awake the string! Heart…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: A Song For The Season

  THE Kings to the Stable They brought sweet spice, The gold and the silver, And jewels of price. But the Dove by the manger She would not…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: A Song of Christmas

  THE Christmas moon shines clear and right; There were poor travellers such a night Had neither fire nor candle-light. One plucked them…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: An Ode to the Birth of Our Saviour

  IN numbers, and but these few, I sing Thy birth, O Jesu! Thou pretty baby, born here, With sup'rabundant scorn here; Who for Thy princely…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Before Dawn

  DIM-BERRIED is the mistletoe With globes of sheenless grey, The holly mid ten thousand thorns Smolders its fires away; And in the manger…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Behold A Silly Tender Babe

  BEHOLD a silly tender Babe, In freezing winter night, In homely manger trembling lies Alas! a piteous sight. The inns are full, no man will…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Carol

  WHEN the herds were watching In the midnight chill, Came a spotless lambkin From the heavenly hill. Snow was on the mountains, And the wind…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Christmas Day And Every Day

  STAR high Baby low: 'Twixt the two Wise men go; Find the baby, Grasp the star Heirs of all things Near and far! --GEORGE MACDONALD

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Christmas Eve

  IN Christmas Eve the little stars Sparkle and glisten with delight, Like strings of glitt'ring diamonds, Across the darkness of the night…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Ex Ore Infantium

  LITTLE Jesus, wast Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me? Didst Thou…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: From “In Memoriam”

  RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: I Saw Three Ships

  I SAW three ships come sailing in, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day in the morning…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Index of Authors And Bibliography
• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Shepherd's Song

  AS I rode out this enderes' night, Of three jolly shepherds I saw a sight And all about their fold a star shone bright; They sang, Terli…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Song

  WHY do the bells of Christmas ring? Why do little children sing? Once a lovely shining star, Seen by shepherds from afar, Gently moved…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: The Carol of the Poor...

  WE are the poor children, come out to see the sights On this day of all days, on this night of nights, The stars in merry parties are…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: The Christmas Child

  LITTLE one, who straight hast come Down the heavenly stair, Tell us all about your home, And the father there." "He is such a one as I Like…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: The Holly

  HOW happy the holly-tree looks, and how strong, Where he stands like a sentinel all the year long. Neither dry summer heat nor cold winter…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: The Holly And The Ivy

  THE holly and the ivy, Now are both well grown. Of all the trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown. The holly bears a blossom…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: The Lamb

  LITTLE lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life, and bade thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: The Oxen

  CHRISTMAS Eve, and twelve of the clock. "Now they are all on their knees," An elder said as we sat in a flock By the embers in hearthside…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: The Waits

  THERE were sparkles on the window-pane and sparkles in the sky, The moon it sparkled like a star above the world so high, There was…

• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: Title Page

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• Fifty Christmas Poems for Children: To His Saviour, A Child; A Present By A Child

  GO pretty child, and bear this flower Unto thy little Saviour; And tell Him, by that bud now blown, He is the Rose of Sharon known: When…

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