...that in his time the festival of Palm Sunday, in the town of Saintes, was called le fete des pinnes ; and that during its continuance the women and children...during the year. A similar practice existed at St. Jean d' Angely, where small cakes, made in the form of the phallus, and called fateaux, were carried in...

...that in his time the festival of Palm Sunday, in the town of Saintes was called laßte des pinnes, and that during its continuance the women and children...bread, which they called a pinne, at the end of their palmbranches; these 'pinnes' were subsequently blessed by the priest, and. carefully preserved by the...

...that in his time the festival of Palm Sunday, in the town of Saintes was called lafite des pinnes, and that during its continuance the women and children...bread, which they called a pinne, at the end of their palmbranches ; these ' pinnes' were subsequently blessed by the priest, and carefully preserved by...

...that in his time the festival of Palm Sunday, in the town of Saintes was called la fite des pinnes, and that during its continuance the women and children...procession a phallus made of bread, which they called a pintte, at the end of their palmbranches; these ' pinnes' were subsequently blessed by the priest,...

...Palrn Sunday, iu the town of Saintes,was called lefete despinnes — feast of the privy members — and that during its continuance the women and children...branches ; these pinnes were subsequently blessed by the priests, and carefully preserved by the women during the year. Palm Sunday ! Palm, it is to be remembered,...

...Palm Sunday, in the town of 8aintes,was called le fete despinnes — feast of the privy members — and that during its continuance the women and children...branches ; these pinnes were subsequently blessed by the priests, and carefully preserved by the women during the year. Palm Sunday ! Palm, it is to be remembered,...

...were attached to the ends of palm branches as symbols of fertility and regeneration. The pinnes were blessed by the priest and carefully preserved by the women during the year.8 In his Remains of the Worship of Priapus, Richard Payne Knight says that in Saintonge, near...

...Palm Sunday, in the town of Saintes,was called lefete despinnes — feast of the privy members — and that during its continuance the women and children...phallus made of bread, which they called a pinne, at the cud of then* palm branches ; these pinnes were subsequently blessed by the priests, and carefully preserved...