544 MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE. 



ing all the Passover week 14t!i to -!lst Xisan, i. e., during this week s 

 moon Shemites fast, only eating unleavened bread, and most dili 

 gently not without reason cleansing their houses.&quot; &quot;And especially 

 had all leavened matter to be removed, for the new leaveuer had now 

 arisen, and prayers with curses were offered up against any portions 

 which might have escaped observation. The law of their fierce Jahveh 

 was that, whoever during all this festival tasted leavened bread, that 

 soul should be cut off, which Godwyn mollifies by urging that this only 

 meant the offender should die without children; which was still a 

 pretty considerable punishment for eating a piece of bread!&quot; 1 



&quot;The great day of 1 entccost is the (ith of Sivan, or, say, the id 

 of May, 1874. From the first barley two loaves were then made, the 

 offering of which was the distinguishing rite of the day of Pentecost. &quot; 



On St. Bridget s Eve every farmer s wife in Ireland makes a cake, 

 called iHtirinbreac; the neighbors are invited, the madder of ale and 

 the pipe go round, and the evening concludes with mirth and festivity. 3 

 Vallencey identifies this as the same kind of offering that was made to 

 Ceres, and to &quot;the queen of heaven, to whom the Jewish women burnt 

 incense, poured out drink offerings, and made cakes for her with their 

 own hands.&quot; 4 



THE HOT ( BOSS BUNS OF (K)OD FRIDAY. 



The belief prevailed that these would not mold like ordinary bread. 5 

 &quot;In several counties [in England] a small loaf of bread is annually 

 baked on the morning of Good Friday and then put by till the same 

 anniversary in the ensuing year. This bread is not intended to be 

 eaten, but to be used as a medicine, and the mode of administering it is 

 by grating a small portion of it info water and forming a sort of panada. 

 It is believed to be good for many disorders, but particularly for a diar 

 rhoea, for which it is considered a sovereign remedy. Some years ago 

 a cottager lamented that her poor neighbour must certainly die of this 

 complaint, because she had already given her two doses of Good Friday 

 bread without any benefit. No information could be obtained from the 

 doctress respecting her nostrum, but that she had heard old folks say 

 that it was a good thing and that she always made it.&quot; 6 



Brand quotes a writer in the Gentleman s Magazine who shows that 

 they were &quot;formerly, at least, unleavened,&quot; p. 150.- They &quot;are con 

 stantly marked with- the form of the cross.&quot; &quot;It is an old belief that 

 the observance of the custom of eating buns on Good Friday protects 

 the house from fire, and several other virtues are attributed to these 

 buns,&quot; p. 150. &quot; Hutchinsou, in his History of Northumberland, follow- 



Forlong, Rivers of Life, veil. ], p. 441. 

 Ibid., p. 447. 



Brand, Pop. Antiq., vol. 1, pj&amp;gt;. :! 43, ^C, quoting (it ll. Vallencey s Essay on the Antiquity of the 

 sh Language. 

 Ibid., p. S4f&amp;gt;. 

 Ibid., i&amp;gt;. 154. 

 Ibid., pp. 155, 156. 



