[227.2] Journal of Thomas Dineley, in i. Journ. Kilk. Arch. Soc., N.S., 180.
[227.3] Miss Godden, in iv. Folklore, 502, quoting Dr. Reeves. In Iceland, a preventive of sea-sickness is a sod from the churchyard worn in the shoe. ii. Powell and Magnússon, 644; ii. Lehmann-Filhés, 252; both from Arnason.
[227.4] v. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 426; ix. 473; ii. Folklore, 442. Compare the Apache use of hoddentin, the pollen of the tule-rush. ix. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 500, et seqq. Compare also the consecration of the Hindu votaries of Devi, by the smearing of their foreheads with a portion of the red powder which has marked an earthenware pitcher containing water and other things infused, by means of mantrás, with the spirit of the goddess. iv, N. Ind. N. and Q., 19.
[228.1] This intention, however, is by no means universal. Some instances to the contrary have already been given. I may add to them that in Belgium, in spite of certain examples like that of Saint Etto’s Cross, it seems to be believed that a nail found, especially in a tree, brings good luck. i. Bull. de F.L., 250. In such a case there can be no transfer of disease.
[229.1] Kolbe, 163.
[230.1] My authority for this statement is a paper read by Professor Kovalevsky at the British Association meeting at Oxford, August 1894, and not yet printed.
[230.2] G. Ferraro, in xiii. Archivio, 3.
[231.1] ii. F.L. Journ., 349.
[231.2] Addy, 115.