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===England=== In the 15th through the 17th centuries in England, Palm Sunday was frequently marked by the burning of [[Jack o' Lent]] figures. This was a straw effigy which would be stoned and abused on Ash Wednesday, and kept in the parish for burning on Palm Sunday. The symbolism was believed to be a kind of revenge on [[Judas Iscariot]], who had betrayed Christ. The effigy could also have represented the hated figure of Winter, whose destruction prepares the way for Spring.<ref>Frood & Graves p. 10</ref>
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