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tional drama; and St. George; as we have seen, is killed as 
frequently as lie kills. 
To the death and revival and the mock struggle as direct 
contributions from the folk, may be most probably added the 
Doctor, as we have seen. We see him appearing in Australia., 1 
Sarawak, 2 America, 3 as well as in various parts of Europe, 4 
and this gives great strength to the opinion of Oreiznach that 
he was developed outside of the liturgical drama. 5 If our rea¬ 
soning is just, he must have been in Elurope as early as the 
earliest agricultural magic rites. At least he has representa¬ 
tives even among the very primitive' rites of the Australians'. 
We have already noted the costumes of the players in the 
St. George mumming. 6 We need only to mention again that 
green boughs and green leaves are habitually associated with 
most of these ceremonies, in Europe 7 and out of it. 8 
In our description of the plays, we said that some of the 
actors represented animals. The ceremonies we have exam¬ 
ined are very largely associated with animals, and in initiation 
and other ceremonies there are many animal presentations. 
The testimony on this point is so overwhelmingly abundant 
that I have not made any special note of it. Moreover, it is 
not important for an understanding of the plays as read, as 
animal costumes are noticeable only when the plays are pre¬ 
sented. It is to be noted, however, that many of the plays 
have no animals whatever. 9 Examples of the mimic contest 
we have found in plenty. 10 
As a direct result, then, of our examination, we can say that 
we have accounted for the Stti. George plays),, first, in assigning to 
them an original motive, and, secondly, in giving a derivation of 
1 Pp. 299, 300, 302, 303, 308. 
2 P. 321. 
3Pp. 315, 316, 317, 318. 
4P. 289. 
5P. 284. 
e Pp. 276, 291, 292. 
7 Pp. 289, 290, 291, 292, note 2. 
s Pp. 294, 300, 302, 303 rf 304, 307, 319, 320. 
» In his forthcoming book on the Folk Drama, Mr. T. F. Ordish may 
clear up this and other points. 
io Pp. 290, 291, 298, 299, 301, 305, 306, 307, 317, 318, 319, 320. 
