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306 main consisted of games, dancing, and carousing, are dismissed with brief remarks. In April the Slavs on the banks of the Havola (Havel) used to celebrate a national festival in honour of Gerovit;  $14$ in Wollin the populace assembled for a pagan festival in early summer;   $15$ and in 1092 Břetislav suppressed certain feasts observed about Whitsuntide, when oblations were offered to springs. $16$

Popular tradition, however, still preserves many customs and ceremonies whose origin may be traced back to the pre-Christian period; and these we shall briefly consider in our concluding chapters.