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If a king's thane deny this (_the practice of heathen superstition_), let twelve be appointed for him, and let him take twelve of his kindred (or equals, _maga_), and twelve British strangers; and if he fail, then let him pay for his breach of law, twelve half-marcs: if a landowner (or lesser thane) deny the charge, let as many of his equals and as many strangers be taken as for a royal thane; and if he fail, let him pay six half-marcs: If a ceorl deny it, let as many of his equals and as many strangers be taken for him as for the others; and if he fail, let him pay twelve oræ for his breach of law.
gpt
The Origin of Civilization and the Primitive Condition of Man, endorses this view. He says:
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When man, either by natural progress, or the influence of a more advanced race, rises to the conception of a higher religion, _he still retains his old beliefs, which long linger on, side by side with_, and yet in utter opposition to, the higher creed. The new and more powerful spirit is an addition to the old Pantheon, and diminishes the importance of the older deities; gradually, the worship of the latter sinks in the social scale, and becomes confined to the ignorant and the young. Thus a belief in witchcraft still flourishes among our agricultural labourers and the lowest classes in our great cities, and the deities of our ancestors survive in the nursery tales of our children. We must, therefore, expect to find in each race, traces--nay, more than traces--of lower religions.
gpt
General Valancey says the Irish have discontinued their November fires and substituted candles; while the Welsh, though they retain the fire,
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All Saints' Day is on the first of November, and its vigil is termed Allhalloween, or Nutcrack night. Those festivals had all reference to the seasons, and their influence on the fruitfulness of the earth. Brand says
gpt
Robert Burns tells us that Halloween is thought to be a