CHAPTER XII.—CHRISTMAS FEASTING AND SACRIFICIAL SURVIVALS

[ 1 .] Chambers, “M. S.,” i. 257.

[ 2 .] Rickert, 259.

[ 3 .] W. Sandys, “Christmastide: its History, Festivities, and Carols” (London, n.d.), 112.

[ 4 .] Chambers, “M. S.,” i. 133.

[ 5 .] J. A. H. Murray, “A New English Dictionary” (Oxford, 1888, &c.) iv. (1) 577.

[ 6 .] Addy, 103.

[ 7 .] Dawson, 254.

[ 8 .] Addy, 104.

[ 9 .] Burne and Jackson, 407.

[ 10.] Brand, 283.

[ 11.] Cf. Folk-Lore, vol. xi., 1900, 260.

[ 12.] Addy, 103.

[ 13.] Cf. carols in Brand, 3, and Rickert, 243 f.

[ 14.] Brand, 3.

[ 15.] Dyer, 464.

[ 16.] Feilberg, i. 119, 184; Lloyd, 173.

[ 17.] Jahn, 265.

[ 18.] Stratilesco, 190.

[ 19.] Ralston, 193, 203.

[ 20.] Mijatovich, 98.

[ 21.] Jahn, 261.

[ 22.] Rietschel, 106. Cf. Weinhold, 25, and Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, 463.

[ 23.] Sébillot, 217.[382]

[ 24.] Laisnel, i. 7 f.

[ 25.] Ibid. i. 12 f.

[ 26.] Ibid. i. 11.

[ 27.] E. Cortet, “Essai sur les Fêtes religieuses” (Paris, 1867), 265.

[ 28.] Frazer, “Golden Bough,” ii. 286 f.

[ 29.] M. Höfler, “Weihnachtsgebäcke. Eine vergleichende Studie der germanischen Gebildbrote zur Weihnachtszeit” in “Zeitschrift für österreichische Volkskunde,” Jahrg. 11, Supplement-Heft 3 (Vienna, 1905).

[ 30.] Jahn, 280 f.

[ 31.] Burne and Jackson, 406 f.

[ 32.] “The Mirror of Perfection,” trans. by Sebastian Evans (London, 1898), 206.

[ 33.] Mannhardt, “Baumkultus,” 233 f.

[ 34.] Lloyd, 170 f.

[ 35.] Jahn, 276.

[ 36.] Ibid. 276.

[ 37.] Lloyd, 168.

[ 38.] Evans, 231 f.; for the ox-custom, see Evans, 233.

[ 39.] Abbott, 76.

[ 40.] Hörmann, “Tiroler Volksleben,” 244 f., 238, 245.

[ 41.] Dawson, 339.

[ 42.] S. Graham, “A Vagabond in the Caucasus. With some Notes of his Experiences among the Russians” (London, 1910), 25 f.

[ 43.] Stratilesco, 190.

[ 44.] Van Norman, 299 f.

[ 45.] Jahn, 267.

[ 46.] Frazer, “Golden Bough,” ii. 442 f., where other examples, British and Continental, of the wren-hunt are given. Cf. Dyer, 494 f.

[ 47.] Folk-Lore, vol. xviii., 1907, 439 f.

[ 48.] MacCulloch, “Religion of the Ancient Celts,” 221.

[ 49.] See Frazer, “Golden Bough,” ii. 380, 441, for examples of similar practices with sacred animals.

[ 50.] Folk-Lore, vol. xi., 1900, 259.

[ 51.] Brand, 272.

[ 52.] Folk-Lore, vol. xi., 1900, 262.

[ 53.] Lloyd, 181 f.

[ 54.] Ibid. 181.

[ 55.] Thorpe, ii. 49 f.

[ 56.] Ralston, 200.