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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 52 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HASSELT , the See also:

capital of the Belgian See also:

province of See also:

Limburg. Pop. (1904), 16,179. It derives its name from See also:

HAZEL (0. Eng. hresell; cf. Ger. Hasel, Swed. and Dan. Kassel, &c.,; Fr. noiselier, coudrier)

Hazel-See also:

BOSCH (or Boa), JEROM (c. 1460-1518)

bosch (hazel See also:

wood). It stands at the junction of several important roads and See also:

RAILWAYS

railways from Maaseyck, See also:

MAASTRICHT, or MAESTRICI3T

Maastricht and See also:

Liege. It has many breweries and distilleries, and the spirit known by its name, which is a coarse See also:

GIN

gin, has a certain reputation throughout See also:

Belgium. On the 6th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1831 the Dutch troops obtained here their See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief success over the Belgian nationalists during the See also:

War of See also:

Independence. Hasselt is best known for its See also:

GREAT

great septennial fete held on the See also:

clay of See also:

ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

Assumption, August 15th. The curious See also:

PART

part of this fete, which is held in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the Virgin under the name of Virga See also:

Jesse, is the See also:

CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of the See also:

TOWN

town for the See also:

day into the semblance of a See also:

FOREST

forest. See also:

FIR

Fir trees and branches from the neighbouring forest arc collected and planted in front of the houses, so that for a few See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours Hasselt has the See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of being restored to its See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition as a wood. The figure of the See also:

GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant who is supposed to have once held the Hazelbosch under his terror is paraded on this occasion as the " lounge See also:

man." Originally this celebration was held annually, but in the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it was restricted to once in sevgn years. There was a celebration in 1905.

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