The men and boys, with their red head-cloths or neck-cloths, went forth from time to time in groups upon some public errand.

Towards evening, eight or ten little fellows came from the forest with bundles of firewood upon their heads and great _machetes_ hanging at their sides.

In the morning, the same group of youngsters came in loaded with bunches of green leaves and holly to be used in decorating the church.

At eight o'clock there was a procession in the churchyard; the saint, dressed in flowing garments, was carried about, accompanied by banners and a band of music.

During the festival, everyone drank; even the little boys of eight or nine years, who brought in their loads of wood, received their spirits, which they drank like old topers.