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cessiou-s, jii-obably uf ,S;ii 

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 Bishop. At the Fenst < 

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incense. At the Fe:,sl nf tl,r \ - ,: 1 i,, i,. :. :, -..1 

 in honour of Balaam's rr)!,', ,v i,i- ;,-,.. I„,t r,,,llv ;, x,,i-,;,ut 

 of the Feast of Fools, and iikhv olnu ,■< njiinrnii .r ,t in-' tlir 

 flicfht of the Holy Family into i:^y,,t, tl.r f;,uvM ]„;n,lru 

 and prettiest infant in "the jjLiee \s here the fe^i^t «a.s 

 held were mounted on an ass, and led at the head of a 

 gay procession to the church, where service was per- 

 formed, the several parts of wliieh were ended with the 

 imitation of a donkey's Lr,•lvillL^ instead of with the 



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In the Litiii'c;y of the Massi 

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r-y Nvltli the spectacular 

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 Christmas-day, after the 

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 :lirit ,.f tin. Innocents of 

 ].ulclirr, IiiIiil;- celebrated 

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its of the ritualist 

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