Citation - New York Mercury (Gaine): 1783.03.10

NYM(G.783.012
10 Mar 1783:21,22 (1638)
From the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure. 
Account of the Manners and Customs of the Ingrians, a
Finnish nation under the Russian empire. . . [end of 2nd
column] On the festival of St. John, at night, the Ischortzi
assemble under this tree, and remain 'till morning,
shrieking and singing, and dancing, round a great fire;
concluding their orgies with burning a white cock, and
making the absurdest gesticulations and grimaces imaginable.