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	~~The Nuttall Encyclopedia~~ <ref name="term_81344" />		Walpurgis Night <ref name="term_81344" />
	<p> The eve of the 1st May, when the witches hold high revel and offer sacrifices to the devil their chief, the scene of their festival in [[Germany]] being the [[Brocken]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). This annual festival was in the popular belief conceded to them in recompense for the loss they sustained when by St. Walpurga the [[Saxons]] were persuaded to renounce paganism with its rites for Christianity. </p>		<p> The eve of the 1st May, when the witches hold high revel and offer sacrifices to the devil their chief, the scene of their festival in [[Germany]] being the [[Brocken]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). This annual festival was in the popular belief conceded to them in recompense for the loss they sustained when by St. Walpurga the [[Saxons]] were persuaded to renounce paganism with its rites for Christianity. </p>