Walpurgis Night is the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in ___.
In German folklore Walpurgisnacht, also called Hexennacht (literally 'Witches' Night'), is believed to be the night of a witches' meeting on the Brocken, the highest peak in the _.
The current festival is, in most countries that celebrate it, named after the English missionary Saint ___ (ca. 710–777/9).
As Walpurga's feast was held on 1 May (ca. 870), she became associated with May Day, especially in the Finnish and ___ calendars.
The 17th century German tradition of a meeting of sorcerers and witches on May Day eve (Hexennacht, 'Witches' Night' ) is influenced by the descriptions of Witches' ___.
Walpurgis Night is very similar to Chaharshanbe Suri, an Iranian ceremony which is held on the last Wednesday of winter to celebrate spring and Iranian new year, ___.
Huge bonefires - as tall as 8 metres - are built and burnt in the ___, preferably on top of hills. Young people gather around.
Sudden black and dense smoke formations are cheered as 'a witch flying away'. As evening advances to midnight and fire is on the wane, it is time to go to search for a ___ tree
Young ___ should be kissed past midnight (and during the following day) under a cherry tree. They 'will not dry up' for a year long.
In Estonia, Volbriöö is celebrated throughout the night of 30 April and into the early hours of 1 May, where 1 May is a public holiday called '____' (Kevadpüha).
In Finland, Walpurgis day (Vappu) is one of the four biggest holidays along with Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and ____ (Juhannus).
In Uppsala, since the mid-1970s, students honor spring by rafting on Fyrisån through the center of town with rickety, homemade, in fact quite easily ___ rafts.
The island of Texel celebrates a festival known as the 'Meierblis (nl)' (roughly translated as 'May-Blaze') on that same day, when bonfires are lit near ___ .
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