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Show j . Many Juilm lacarlots Sacrificed. The inhabitants of many of the Mediterranean Med-iterranean sea islands hang or burn a figure of Judas on each recurring Good ! Friday. Ono remarkable part of the ceremony consists in decking the head and face of the figure with red dyed wool, which may be accounted for" by the fact that tliero is a tradition that Judas was red haired. Shakspeare calls red hair "Judas colored hair," and many foremost writers have spoken of it as "the flaming brand of infidelity." St. Louis Republic. j |