Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan

by Clement A. Miles

[ 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.