Vulgar words in The Christmas Kalends of Provence - And Some Other Provençal Festivals (Page 1)
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To the mill, naturally, has been added a miller--who is riding down the road on an ass, with a sack of flour across his saddle-bow that he is carrying as a gift to the Holy Family.
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A gigantic figure of wicker-work--called Melchior, after one of the three Kings of the Epiphany--clothed in a grotesque fashion and with a huge pannier strapped to his back, was mounted upon an ass and so was taken from door to door to gather for the poor whatever the generous would give of food.