Wal|pur|gis Night

Wal|pur|gis Night
Wal|pur|gis Night «vahl PUR gihs»,
the night of April 30; the feast of Saint Walpurgis, when, according to German legend, witches were supposed to hold revels with the Devil on a peak of the Harz Mountains.
[translation of German Walpurgisnacht]

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