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" Back to back, 128, 131, 133, 134, 135, 232, 247

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 214
Rights: public_domain
Language: English with quoted European trial material
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Dance as reward, 200. " Back to back, 128, 131, 133, 134, 135, 232, 247. " called Gillatrypes, 133. " Children's, 135. " Churchyard, 54, 113, 133, 136, 146. " Complicated, 130, 132. " Fairy, 132, 242, 244. " Fertility, 23, 130. " Follow-my-leader, 55, 130, 133, 134, 136. " Jumping, 130, 132, 134, 137. " La volta, 135. " led by Devil, 127, 133, 134, 136. " " priest, 23. " Modern, 130, 133, 135, 183 note. " Pace of, 130, 133, 189, 200, 201. " Ring, 130-3. " round stones, 40, 107, 108, 128, 131. " round the devil, 40, 107, 128, 145. " round trees, 239, 240. " to instrumental music, 133, 136, 138. " Torchlight, 146. " to vocal music, 134, 137, 138, 146. " Tree-riding, 134. " under trees, 41.

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