15. Warding Off the Threat of Death: Cross-Dressing

Part One – Life | 172 in Vol . 1, pp . 183 - 193, in connection with the custom of fasting on the wedding day . and elsewhere ( e . g . pp . 127 - 128 note 6 ) we further touched upon this common belief . and on p . 192 note 48 we summarized as follows : H . Pollack writes as follows of some of these beliefs in his fine book : Jewish Folkways in Germanic Lands ( 1648 - 1806 ) : Studies in Aspects of Daily Life, p . 224 n . 125 : Cf . a . Wuttke, Der deutsche Volksaberglaube der Gegenwart 2 nd edition, Berlin 1869, p . 206, # 312 ; pp . 206 - 7, # 31 ; p . 346, # 558 ; Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ] = HAD [ , IV ( 1931 - 32 ) , p . 153 # 2 : It was the belief of the German folk that a joyous occasion, such as a wedding, was threatened with tragedy . the apprehension of death et IIIe siècles : Contribution à l’étude du syncretisme dans l’empire romain,” Aufstieg und Niedergang der Romischen Welt II, Berlin - New York 1979, pp . 397 - 485 . ) We may well ask ourselves, from w...  אל הספר
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