Folklore of Wells: Being a Study of Water-Worship in East and West
CHAPTER XVI.
_DECORATIONS AND OFFERINGS._
Indian methods of venerating wells—Human sacrifices—Animal sacrifices—Ceremonies demonstrably non-Aryan in India in original non-Aryan in Europe—A Whitsuntide custom—Lamb, a votive thank-offering—The Ram Feast at Holne—Substitutes for animal victims—Curious explanation for offerings of coins 109-113