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[986]. Ralston, ‘Songs of Russian People,’ pp. 123, 153, &c.
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[988]. Hyltén-Cavallius, ‘Wärend och Wirdarne,’ part i. pp. 131, 146, 157, &c.
[989]. Monnier, ‘Traditions Populaires,’ pp. 187, 666.
[990]. R. Hunt, ‘Pop. Rom. of W. of England,’ 1st Ser. p. 237. Pennant, ‘Tour in Scotland,’ in Pinkerton, vol. iii. p. 49. J. Y. Simpson, Address to Soc. Antiq. Scotland, 1861, p. 33; Brand, ‘Pop. Ant.’ vol. iii. pp. 74, 317.
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[992]. Grimm, ‘D. M.’ p. 962.
[993]. Beausobre, vol. ii. p. 667. Polydorus Vergilius, De Inventoribus Rerum (Basel, 1521), lib. v. 1.