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The Golden Bough, Vol. 02 of 12

Note 1007 — Chapter XVIII · THE SUCCESSION TO THE KINGDOM IN ANCIENT LATIUM

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See above, pp. 69, 84, 90 sq. These customs were observed at Whitsuntide, not on May Day. But the Whitsuntide king and queen are obviously equivalent to the King and Queen of May. Hence I allow myself to use the latter and more familiar titles so as to include the former.

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