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Excerpt from Les Chansons Populaires, Recueillies dans la Suisse Romande, Vol. 2: Sous les Auspices de la Soci�t� Suisse des Traditions Populaires; 1ere Partie
Le d�veloppement des institutions de bienfaisance, du bien-�tre g�n�ral, ont �t� leur raison d'�tre aux qu�tes. Les coutumes qui s'y rattachent ont pu se maintenir encore un temps par vertu traditionnelle, elles sont fatalement tomb�es en d�su�tu_de ou ont �t� interdites comme abus. Il nous en reste les chansons, t�moins pr�cieux de croyances et d'usages disparus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
