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The peasants, [vol. 3]

Note 4 — Chapter V

Michael Henry Dziewicki translation

Dyngus, called also Smigus; a popular festival, with a great deal of horse-play, drenchings and even dousings, on Easter Monday; believed to be a custom surviving from the time when the Poles (in the tenth century) embraced Christianity and were baptized en masse.—Translator’s Note.

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