See also:

• KERMESSE (also KERMIS and KIRMESS)

KERMESSE (also KERMIS and KIRMESS)  , originally the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass said on the anniversary of the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the See also:

• PATRON

patron, the word being See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to " Kirkmass." Such celebrations were regularly held in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries and also in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and were accompanied by feasting, dancing and See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports of all kinds . They still survive, but are now practically nothing more than See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country fairs and the old allegorical representations are uncommon . The See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels See also:

• KERMESSE (also KERMIS and KIRMESS)

Kermesse is, however, still marked by a procession in which the See also:

• EFFIGIES, MONUMENTAL

effigies of the Mannikin and See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval heroes are carried . At See also:

• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

Mons the Kermesse occurs annually on Trinity See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday and is called the procession of Lumegon (Walloon for limacon, a See also:

• SNAIL

snail): the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero is Gilles de See also:

• CHIN

Chin, who slays a terrible See also:

• MONSTER (Lat. monstrum, from root of monere, to warn; i.e. something terrible or portentous)
• MONSTER, GEORG, COUNT ZU (1776-1844)

monster, captor of a princess, in the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place . This is the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George and the See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

Dragon . At See also:

• HASSELT
• HASSELT, ANDRE HENRI CONSTANT VAN (1806—1874)

Hasselt the Kermesse (now only septennial) not only commemorates the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian story of the foundation of the See also:

• TOWN

town, but even preserves traces of a See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan festival . The word Kermesse (generally in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " Kirmess ") is applied in the See also:

• UNITED

United States to any entertainment, especially one organized in the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of charity . See See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius C . Boulger, Belgian See also:

• LIFE

Life in Town and Country (1904) .