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Saturday, June 1st, 2024
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Procession, Herring
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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A curious festival held in the Middle Ages by the chapter of Rheims, France, at the beginning of Lent. The canons went in single file from the cathedral to Saint Remi, each dragging a herring, symbol of abstinence, and trying to put his foot on the one dragged by the next canon ahead of him.
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Entry for 'Procession, Herring'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/p/procession-herring.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Procession, Herring'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/p/procession-herring.html. 1910.
