The Book of Festivals

According ancient anniversary April Ash Wednesday blessed bonfires boys and girls cakes calendar candles Carnival carry celebrated ceremony Christ Christian Christmas Eve church holiday colored commemorates custom dance dates and movable day after Easter December 25 decorated depend on Easter Easter dates Easter eggs Easter Monday eaten Epiphany feasts on pages feasts that depend festival fiftieth day fires flowers Friday preceding Easter gifts Hindu Holy Holy Saturday honor house to house indicate movable feasts Jewish John's Eve June 23 Kings Lent lighted March merrymaking Mohammedan Moon morning movable feasts night November O.S. January Palm Sunday peasants Pentecost places priest procession religious rite roast ROSH HODESH Saint George's Day Saint Nicholas season Shrove Tuesday singing songs special church services spring Stars indicate movable Sunday preceding Easter sweets symbolic table of Easter throughout town traditional tree village Virgin worshipers wreaths Year's Day young