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Aberdeen:-- Allhallow Eve, 107, 110-12, 131, 136

Date of account: Published 1921
Source: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Reference: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology · selected passage 210
Rights: public_domain
Language: English with quoted European trial material
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Aberdeen:-- Allhallow Eve, 107, 110-12, 131, 136. Candles, 36, 145. Children by the Queen of Elphen, 44, 45, 242. Christsonday, 36, 44, 45, 69, 70, 87, 128, 155, 242. Description of elves, 242. Devil as a calf, 65. " God, 28, 145, 227. " a hen, 207. " a horse, 207. " a lamb, 227. " a man, 36, 43, 65, 145. " a stag, 45, 70, 207, 242. " a woman, 44, 242. Divination by animals, 207. Dog sacrifice, 155, 163. Fertility charm, 170, 173. Fish Cross, 107, 110, 131, 233. Headgear, 36, 43. Hour of meeting, 112. King making, 45, 242. Kiss, 45, 128, 129, 242. Kneeling to the Devil, 28, 129. Magical rite, 207. " words, 45, 155, 163, 242. Mark, 87. Market Cross, 107, 110, 131. Midwife, 207. Musical instrument, 110, 131, 136. Names of members of Covens, 251. Nudity rite, 173. Number in Covens, 191-2. Our Lady, 45, 189. Personal attendant, 189. Punishment, 131, 188, 200. Queen of Elphen, 44, 45, 128, 242. Raising the Devil, 45, 155, 163, 242. Riding Devil, 69, 242. Right hand, 87. Ring dance, 107, 131, 136. " leader, 131, 136, 188, 200. Rood-day, 45, 110, 112, 134, 242. Sexual rites, 242. Silken habiliments, 36, 145. Standing stone, 108, 131. Transformation, 233. Tree-riding, 110, 134. Two chiefs, 35. White garments, 36, 43, 45.

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