, laws of, 21

Etzendorf, St. Martin's rod at, 207-8

Evans, Sir Arthur, 253-4

Eves, importance of for festival customs, 196

Expulsion rites, 104, 181-2, 217, 327-8, 341-2, 344

Fabriano, Gentile da, 148

Fare, Christmas, 283-91

Feasting, connected with sacrifice, 178-9, 284;
at Martinmas, 202-4;
at Christmas, 283-91;
at New Year, 321-3;
at Epiphany, 337-41

_Feien_, 231

Feilberg, Dr. H. F., 6, 236, 313-4

Festivals, origin and purpose of, 17-8;
relation of pagan and Christian, 19-27, 169-74

Fire, not given out at Christmas or New Year, 170-1, 257-8;
bonfires, 182, 198-9, 204-5, 327, 346-50;
new fire lit, 198;
Christmas log and ancestor-worship, 251-4;
the Yule log and candle in western Europe, 254-60;
Candlemas fires and lights, 352-4

"First-foots," 208, 252, 323-6

Fish eaten on Christmas Eve, 287

Flagellants, 146

Flamma, Galvano, 147-8

Fletcher, Giles, 82-3

Florence, Nativity plays at, 147;
Befana at, 343

Fools, Feast of, 180, 302-6

Football, 349

Fowler, Dr. W. Warde, 167

France, Christmas poetry in, 55-65;
Midnight Mass in, 96-8;
Christmas drama in, 124-7, 138-43;
All Souls' Eve in, 191-2;
Christmas Eve superstitions in, 234-5;
Christmas log in, 254-6;
Christmas-tree in, 267;
Harvest May in, 271;
presents brought by _le petit Jesus_, 278;
Christmas cakes in, 287-8;
Feast of Fools in, 302-6;
Boy Bishop in, 308;
Innocents' Day in, 316;
New Year in, 322-3;
_aguillanneuf_ in, 329-30;
Epiphany in, 339-42, 344, 349-50;
Candlemas candles in, 353

Francis, St. (of Assisi), and Christmas, 36-8, 105-6, 157, 289

Frazer, Dr. J. G., 6, 167, 180, 182, 199, 276, 288, 324

Frick, Frau, 241

Frigg, 241

Friuli, All Souls' Day in, 194

Frumenty, 285

Games, Christmas, 293-4 |395|

Gaude, Frau, 241-2

Gautier, Theophile, 64

Gay, 196

Geese-dancers, 299

Genealogy, chanting of the, 93

George, St., in mummers' plays, 299-301

Gerhardt, Paul, 73-4

Germanicus, 202

Germany, Christmas established in, 21;
Christmas poetry in Catholic, 42-7;
Protestant hymns in, 70-6;
Christmas services in, 98-9;
the crib and _Kindelwiegen_ in, 107-12;
Christmas drama in, 143-6;
"star-singing" in, 152;
Roman customs in, 171;
pre-Christian New Year in, 171-4;
soul-cakes in, 194;
the _Schimmel_ and other animal masks in,