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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
3
The ancient Norse tale describes Friga’s warning dream and the fatal flaw of Balder the Odin son. Loki flatters Friga to learn the secret of Balder’s invulnerability, then retrieves a mistletoe branch and fatefully shoots Balder, killing him and renewing a cycle of death in myth.
A 19th century note surveys beliefs among French peasants during Christmas. It cites ideas that bread baked at Christmas stays fresh ten years, portions left on the table for Holy Mother, bans on baking between Christmas and the Circumeistop, cattle health from midnight mass, wheat seed wrapped in a Christmas cloth for a good harvest, and a cold bath on Christmas day fending off fevers and toothaches.
Describes the medieval custom of serving the boar s head as the first dish at grand Christmas feasts with trumpeters spears and a silver platter. Queen Victoria kept the practice, echoed in public schools and universities where the boar s head remains a central dish and diners sing the Boar s Song.
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