Vocabulary:
lcsh
Type:
Topic
Note:
Sexton, C.H. Confessions of a Judas-burner : a social history of Judas burning in the south end of Liverpool, 1996: p. 3 (custom
which involved the burning an effigy of Judas, the betrayer of Christ, on a Good Friday; unique to a relatively compact area
of Liverpool's south end)
Note:
Holiday, festivals, and celeb. of the world dict., 1994 (Burning of Judas, the; between March 22 and April 25; Easter; La
Quema de Judas, takes place in Venezuela on the eve. of Easter; Judas burning)
Note:
OED; Web. 3; Festival sourcebk., 1977
