St. Clement to St. Thomas

Chapter VIII

St. Clement's Day Quests and Processions —St. Catherine's Day as Spinsters' Festival —St. Andrew's Eve Auguries —The Klöpfelnächte —St. Nicholas's Day, the Saint as Gift-bringer, and his Attendants —Election of the Boy Bishop —St. Nicholas's Day at Bari —St. Lucia's Day in Sweden, Sicily, and Central Europe —St. Thomas's Day as School Festival —Its Uncanny Eve —“Going a-Thomassin'.”