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Barkedale, and before we got out of the town,
we met whole troops coming from there, as well
as from the mountains.
Close by the town of Lacksand, there is a row
of low wooden shops on both sides of the way,
which only get their interior light through the
doorway. They form a whole street, and serve
as stables for the parishioners, but also – and it
was particularly the case that morning – to go
into and arrange their finery. Almost all the
shops or sheds were filled with peasant women,
who were anxiously busy about their dresses,
careful to get them into the right folds, and
in the mean time peeped continually out of the
door to see who came past. The number of
arriving church-goers increased; men, women,
and children, old and young, even infants; for
at the Midsummer festival no one stays at
home to take care of them, and so of course
they must come too – all must go to church.
What a dazzling army of colours! Fiery red
and grass green aprons meet our gaze. The
dress of the women is a black skirt, red
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