[225.1] ii. Zeits. des Vereins, 168. See the monkish MS. of the miracles of Simon de Montfort, printed by the Camden Soc., passim.
[225.2] C. A. White, in vii. N. and Q., 8th ser., 6, quoting a book the authorship and bibliography of which are still to seek.
[225.3] Grimm, Teut. Myth., 1757. A votive offering still not uncommon is a candle of the size or weight of the person who, or on whose behalf, the vow is made. See for example i. Rivista, 790.
[225.4] B. H. Chamberlain, in xxii. Journ. Anthr. Inst., 364.
[226.1] i. Doolittle, 115.
[226.2] Capt. Bourke, in ix. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 556, quoting several authorities.
[226.3] Ibid., 572. Saint Francis’ is not the only image thus made useful. See v. Journ. Am. F.L., 242; vii. 135.
[226.4] Pineau, 508. In Brittany, bread rubbed on the statue of Saint Gildas is given to cattle and horses, and even eaten by human beings as a preventive against the bites of mad dogs. Le Calvez, in vii. Rev. Trad. Pop., 93.
[226.5] Casalis, 267.
[227.1] Von Wlislocki, Volksgl. Mag., 22.