Note 31 — THE MYTH OF THE JEWISH MENACE
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It was a custom of some mediæval German Jews to place the "first fruits" of their cattle to grass in the cemeteries. This gave rise to a popular belief that the idolatrous cultus of the Golden Calf still lingered among them. (Schudt: Jüdische Merckwürdigkeiten (1714), Vol. II., p. 376.)