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John's Eve, St.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A festival celebrated with fires on Midsummer Eve; very universally observed and with similar rites throughout Europe, in the Middle Ages, and the celebration of it was associated with many superstitious practices.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'John's Eve, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​j/johns-eve-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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