Thus, in the Pardon of St. Anne d'Auray, which extends over three days, there is a torch-light procession at night under ecclesiastical sanction; as in the ceres Mysteries, wherein the neophytes with torches kindled sought all night long for Proserpine.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
The ceres drifted almost on board us; we slipped our cables, and with difficulty escaped the Goodwin Sands.
"Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales"
W. B. Cramp
Name given to ceres, meaning, "bearer of lovely children."
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr