The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner • Paragraph 1738
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Ovid speaks of this in the line, "Ad Viscum Druidæ cantare solebant." At their solemn meetings, which were held in remote sacred groves, a Druid clad in white robes cut the mistletoe with a golden sickle. Then, apparently, human sacrifices were offered and a general festival took place.