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Show JUDAS bUmtiIlTIOS. Hill DIFWIIU.NI O.MSH IN l.UIIOl KAN CUUNTIIILS. Nearly all JJuroposn oountrles formerly observed curious customs which had n bearing on.the reslor traditionary tradi-tionary llfo of Judus Iscarlot, lajs tlio l'lladelphli J'reu. l.ven to this fay when thu ceremony of washing Ibe feet Is performed In tho Ureek church at Bmyrna the prleal reprcsonta Christ and tho lower church dignitaries digni-taries tho twelve npostlea. The one who personate Judas luuxt, however, bo well laid for hi menltlpirt, for hucIi Initio ftcllnf of tho people 111 ro. gard to tho matter that whosoovirnc-leptt whosoovirnc-leptt this odious position usually retains re-tains tbo nsmu the remainder of his llfo. lu lliazll the churchmen druss up n figure to repiesont Judas (usually with rid hair and sandy beard) nnd give II to thu atrtot aruts, who can It about until It has Iiluii riddled by stones and other missiles and then burn It on the commons. In tho same country the Hpmilrh Bailors dnsa a flgurn on certain cer-tain ft ait da, subject It to all sorts of Indignities, winding up tho lurouiouy by Imuglng It at Ihu ynrdarm. In tho Islands of ilhodee, "Iho eyo of the sun," u dead hog Is d rinsed aa n Judas, tho graud climax to the celebration celebra-tion being tin. removal of thu blast's entrails, lu fulfillment of the scriptural iwsagu which mis lhat Ihu betrayer 'full an J his bowel guilied out." Hood Friday Is Ihu day whon tha Inhabitant In-habitant of the laliuds of the Medlter-raninn Medlter-raninn bum their ctllgle of Judas, Hum, too, the prevailing Idea that Judas was red-haired may bo seen Illustrated In thu "nuto-dn-fe" figure', which uru Invariably surmounted with u wig of rod-dyed wool. In this connection It msy bo Interfiling Inter-filing tu kuow that Hhakuspcare railed red lialr "Judhs colored hair," and that many other famous writers hnvo spoken of It as "tho Uamlug braud of Intldillty." |