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‘The superstitions of Christmas are more numerous even than the observ ances which owe their origin to heath~ enigh rite. Among certain European peasants the belief still prevails that on Christmas morning oxen always spend a portion of the time on their knees. This they do, according to the peasants, in imitation of the ox and the ass which, a legend states, were present at the manger and knelt when Christ was born. In certain counties of England the idea prevails that sheep walk in pro cession on Christmas Eve, in com memoration of the glandings thrt announce it to shepherds. Rells are al so sid to sing in their hives on the night before Christmas, and bread baked at that time never become mouldy—at least so open thought many English housewives.
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Poplarville Free Press
Poplarville, Mississippi, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1896
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