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- Walpurgis night



[Walpurgis night 词源字典] - 1820, from German Walpurgisnacht, witches' revel, especially on the Brocken in the Harz Mountains, on May-day eve, literally "the night of (St.) Walpurgis," from Walburga, English abbess who migrated to Heidenheim, Germany, and died there c.780; May 1 being the day of the removal of her bones from Heidenheim to Eichstädt.[Walpurgis night etymology, Walpurgis night origin, 英语词源]