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    <description>RSS Feed - Nest Posts -  Past 48 Hours </description>
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      <title>Wassail! Join In Toast To Apple Crop Success </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21999</link>
      <posted>19 March, 2010 - 5:01:38 PM</posted>
      <description>Wassail! Wassail! The cry might have been familiar in pagan Britain but finding a wassail event today outside of the West Country is very difficult.

But village of Kenninghall is keeping the tradit</description>
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      <title>Police Told: Don't Ask For 'Christian' Names, It Offends  </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21998</link>
      <posted>19 March, 2010 - 4:57:05 PM</posted>
      <description>Police in Kent have been banned from asking for a person’s “Christian” name, in case it offends people from other faiths.

The call has been met with dismay, with one experienced officer calling it </description>
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      <title>Spring Equinox Linked To Religious Celebrations </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21997</link>
      <posted>19 March, 2010 - 4:50:50 PM</posted>
      <description>The spring equinox has been tied to religious rites since ancient times.

The spring equinox, which falls between March 19 and 21, is one of two days of the year when daytime and nighttime are both </description>
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      <title>Asheville Mother Grove Goddess Temple To Celebrate Spring Equinox </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21996</link>
      <posted>19 March, 2010 - 4:36:56 PM</posted>
      <description>After making it through the harsh winter, people in Western North Carolina are looking forward to the warm sun of spring. Some are preparing to celebrate the season's change with an ecumenical ritual.</description>
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      <title>York Dungeon Launches New Attraction, Witches:Burned Alive, For Easter 2010 </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21995</link>
      <posted>19 March, 2010 - 4:31:42 PM</posted>
      <description>This Easter, the York Dungeon throws the public into a crucible of heresy and witchcraft in order to witness one of the most horrific passages in history.

Witches: Burned Alive

This hellish show</description>
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      <title>Mexican Police Ask Spirits To Guard Them In Drug War </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21994</link>
      <posted>19 March, 2010 - 4:24:47 PM</posted>
      <description>Police running scared from drug gangs in one of Mexico's deadliest cities are using bizarre rituals involving animal sacrifice and spirit tattoos to seek protection from raging violence on the U.S. bo</description>
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      <title>TV Presenter Gets Death Sentence For 'Sorcery' </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21993</link>
      <posted>19 March, 2010 - 10:06:58 AM</posted>
      <description>Amnesty International is calling on Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to stop the execution of a Lebanese man sentenced to death for "sorcery."

In a statement released Thursday, the international rights</description>
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      <title>Checklist: Spring Is Here, So Pet Your Hares </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21992</link>
      <posted>18 March, 2010 - 8:23:28 PM</posted>
      <description>All you pagan moonchildren will likely be petting your sacred hares this weekend when the vernal equinox rolls in from Spokane on Saturday.

The petting of sacred hares has supplanted, for the most </description>
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      <title>Celebrating Spring: The Vernal Egguinox </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21991</link>
      <posted>18 March, 2010 - 3:01:38 PM</posted>
      <description>Since the earliest times, the egg has been humanity's obvious and essential symbol for the significant atmosphere of the vernal season: birth, fertility, growth, eternity. The purely primal power, whi</description>
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      <title>Spring: Leeds Folklore Expert And Weatherman's View </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21990</link>
      <posted>18 March, 2010 - 2:57:17 PM</posted>
      <description>Neil Hudson asked a folklore expert and a weatherman what spring meant to them.

The name 'vernal equinox' sounds vaguely mystical and conjures up images of shrouded figures moving through ancient s</description>
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      <title>EPA To Target Flea And Tick Treatments </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21989</link>
      <posted>17 March, 2010 - 4:18:01 PM</posted>
      <description>Complaints of dogs and cats injured and sometimes even killed by flea treatments have increased significantly, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday as it outlined plans to make the produ</description>
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      <title>Dear Texas: Please Shut Up. Sincerely, History </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21988</link>
      <posted>17 March, 2010 - 3:21:35 PM</posted>
      <description>Hey, kids! Here's something I bet you didn't know: Black people? Back in 1800 or whenever? They liked being slaves. True! Many savvy, industrious Negroes actually volunteered for that fine, desirable </description>
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      <title>Arizona Town To Rescind Ban On Church Meetings In Homes </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21987</link>
      <posted>17 March, 2010 - 3:02:33 PM</posted>
      <description>A controversial ban on holding church meetings in private homes in a rapidly-growing town in Arizona could be rescinded as early as next week, officials say.

Gilbert, Ariz., Mayor John Lewis said m</description>
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      <title>Dallas County Jail Guard Fired Over Remarks </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21986</link>
      <posted>17 March, 2010 - 2:57:09 PM</posted>
      <description>A recently fired Dallas County jail guard previously disciplined for making offensive remarks says his free speech rights have been violated.

A sheriff's department review concluded 59-year-old Ste</description>
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      <title>In Praise Of... The Creme Egg </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21985</link>
      <posted>17 March, 2010 - 2:52:13 PM</posted>
      <description>Like a greedy vampire, I bite the head then suck out the gooey innards. But I’ve seen finger-scoopers, shell-lickers, even all-in-one swallowers. How do you eat yours?

The method of devouring Cadbu</description>
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      <title>NJ Approves Pagan/Wiccan Holidays To State's Board Of Education Calendar </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21984</link>
      <posted>17 March, 2010 - 2:43:36 PM</posted>
      <description>This morning, the New Jersey Board of Education voted to approve their list of religious holidays permitting pupil absence from school for the 2010-2011 school year. Included for the first time on thi</description>
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      <title>Make Natural, Harmless Deodorants With Essential Oils </title>
      <link>http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=21983</link>
      <posted>17 March, 2010 - 2:38:25 PM</posted>
      <description>Using deodorants and antiperspirants are considered by many to be essential in order to prevent body odor. Finding a good deodorant that does not contain aluminum oxide, aluminum compounds, synthetic </description>
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