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Merry Chretmasl Wednesday Dec 1979 Old pagan traditions still honor 12th night These hand painted stocking face dolls In French peasant of Normandy and Brit any are part or a special display of antique dolls doll furniture building blacks and other pull view In a seasonal exhibit called A Canadian Child World of Toys at the Hoy a I Ontario Museum Building during the Christmas season Some of the toys are manufactured Imports while other are modest homemade products but ihey reflect a charming view of a Canadian child Christmas Ontario meats for holiday meals loosing meal for special holiday dinners deserves careful con Meal is usually the most ex pensive item on the menu and a great extent will determine the rest I lie menu There is a wide variety Ontario meals choose from say the food at Ontario quantities Ministry of Agriculture you vc made and For poultry select from turkey chicken goose duck or or lose beef pork cuts such as pork loin or miked ham tor tliange why not try fresh Ontario lamb rabbit or a frcsl such as rainbow trout Once you decided II need determine him much of mo buy As guideline bonein usually provide two In three ruclftli Night is the popular name for the of phany which falls on January just 12 days alter Christmas The word Epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning Appearance usually used in reference I the appearance of a deity in visible form The earliest reference to festival according the editors of the En cyclopedia Americana was in later years of the Century when Clement of Alexandria Egypt spoke certain Christians observing the in memory of the baptism of Jesus The actual date seems to have been chosen in order some of the popular pagan festivals of that day By the beginning of Ihe century orthodox Christians in the East were observing the as a triple lion It became an all inclusive feast honoring the birth and baptism of Christ and His first Cana of Galilee Arrival of the Magi fn the West however the particular com mem oral assigned to Epiphany was the visit of the Magi During the Middle Ages Ihe Epi phany festival was wide ly observed by the per form a nee of miracle plays in the churches about the Three Kings or Magi Particularly in England the day was marked by dramatic pro ductions though not necessarily religious ones and this custom survived Into Ihe Eiiza period Shakes pea re look the popular name of Twelfth Night lor his play of that title which was written be performed on thai dale Since Epiphany con eludes the EDEN HOUSE NURSING HOME SfrWnfc fit a tfcas pound and boneless roasts provide three 1 four servings per pound Allow one to per pound for turkey and three to four servings per pound for fish If you like to serve leftovers the next day in sandwiches casseroles soups include his alculatlng these decisions you may wish to purchase Ihe meat and keep it frozen However if you plan to cook turkey ham fish should buy these close to Christmas Swishing joyous tstwe canvas hood ml a parti goal one after Ihe other Thcery last hood the called The llaxcy has lobe foughl towards the final goal on inn when there arc are drinks for all Tins unusual torchlight ceremony is ob served In certain parts of England on January 17 which is the dale of old Night ft another survival from very an times vities and its dale co incides with an dent pagan customs it was celebrated strange ceremonies in which those customs mingled with Christian riles Some of these old ceremonies exist in parts of Europe where fixed rituals have have origins often with an overlay of magic thai arc lost in ihe past Up Is Norse Still celebrated in the Shetland Islands is an old Viking ceremony known as The name means end of the holiday indicating the event comes some lime after Christmas actually al the end of January The ceremony itself is very dramatic since lakes place night by torchlight Men In the old wild Viking costumes complete with hi homed helmets tow huge 30foot Norse long boat llirough the town In a torchlight fiion boat Is set ablaze on the beach llixeyIIoodlamc llaxey Is a place in Lin where they still play this famous old hood game an January lis origins hark back lo pagan times and hood itself is thought to represent the head of a bull In the game 13 men lake pari one called Ihe fool another Ihe lord and Ihe eleven thers boggins A two- team scrimmage takes place the i being for each man In succeed in placing a folded Police Village of Rockwood Rockwood Hydro Board of Trustees and Staff EXTEND Season s Greetings FARM EQUIPMENT ROCKWOOD 8SG95I2 Christmas PI Trees large selection at reasonable prices Christmas arrangements plants and flowers all with free delivery MERRY V ERAMOSA FLOWER MART l Thepurptoptaca 8SM771 7wntof Acton Roy Agnes Evlyn Paul Janice Bermce Marone Herb Lorraine Corinne SAUNDERS BAKERY ROCKWOOD