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  1. Roman festival celebrated 15 Feb. It took
  2. place at the Lupercal, the cave where Romulus
  3. and Remus were supposedly suckled by the wolf
  4. (lupus). Lupercalia included feasting,
  5. dancing, and sacrificing goats. Priests ran
  6. round the city carrying whips made from the
  7. hides of the sacrificed goats, a blow from
  8. which was believed to cure sterility in
  9. women.
  10.