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Herring Procession
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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A curious festival held in the Middle Ages by the chapter of Rheims, France, at the beginning of Lent. The canons went in single file from the cathedral to Saint Remi, each dragging a herring, symbol of abstinence, and trying to put his foot on the one dragged by the next canon ahead of him.
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Entry for 'Herring Procession'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/h/herring-procession.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Herring Procession'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/h/herring-procession.html. 1910.
