[159.2] Theal, 201.
[159.3] Eug. Polain, in ii. Bull de F.L., 82.
[159.4] Ploss, i. Weib, 434, 443.
[159.5] Pliny, Nat. Hist., x. 85.
[159.6] Wolf, Niederl. Sag., 227; ii. Bull de F.L., 82.
[160.1] ii. Witzschel, 244; Von Wlislocki, Volksgl. Siebenb. Sachs., 152.
[160.2] Ploss, i. Weib, 443, citing von Wlislocki in general terms. The statement is repeated (as usual without giving his authority) by Leland, Gip. Sorc., 101.
[160.3] Krauss, Sitte und Brauch, 531.
[160.4] Victor Mindeleff, in viii. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 32.
[160.5] Ploss, i. Weib, 435, citing Sandreczki.