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It was held on the sixth day of the moon; a day so 
esteemed by the Druids tliat from it they reckoned 
their months, years, and âges. The Arch-Druid, in 
the capacity of high priest, was the principal actor 
in the solemnity. * “ It is thus described by Pliny : 
c The Druids held nothing so sacred as the Misseltoe 
of the Oak. As this is very scarce, and rarely to be 
found, when any of it is discovered they go with 
great pomp and ceremony to gather it. When they 
hâve got every thing in readiness under the Oak, both 
for the sacrifice and the banquet which they make on 
this great festival, they hegin by tying two white 
bulls to it by the horns; then one of the Druids, 
clothed in white, mounts the tree, and, with a knife 
of gold, cuts the Mistletoe, which is received in a 
white sagum ; this done, they proceed to their sacri¬ 
fices and feastings !”’ The “sagum” here mentioned 
was a square military garment made of coarse wool. 
It was worn by the Greeks, Romans, and Gauls. 
So far its heathen, famé and its modem use render 
it an object of much interest. At Christmas time 
we see it not only in the lordly hall, mingled with 
* Rees’s Cyclopædia. 
