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Ancient pagan and modern Christian symbolism (1922)

Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876, Newton, John, M.M.C.B.E · New York, Peter Eckler publishing company · leaf 191

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PLATE XVm ntmmn bratrmarfe trir£f!0 praltectum … 129 many towns of France, women and children carried in pro-cession at the end of their palm-branches a phallus made ofbread, which they called, undisguisedly, la pine, whencethe festival was called La Fete des Pinnes. The pine having been blest by the priest, the women carefully pre-served it…

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