Starr, Laura B · New York, The Outing publishing company · leaf 251
s born. At certain times of the year, the little ones ofIndia throw their beloved dollies into the Gangesto propitiate the river god. In North Devon the girls bring dolls with themas they go begging on May Day. I have not beenable to discover why, nor if the doll or dress is inany way peculiar. Van… … CURIOUS CUSTOMS AND TALES was in progress and a desire that everyone shouldknow it. At the time of the yearly atoning sacrifice, theRomans threw rush dolls into the Tiber fromthe Sublician Bridge; these were substitutes for thehuman sacrifices that had formerly been made tothe goddess Mania. The…
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