[48.5] L. L. Duncan, in v. Folklore, 192; vi. Journ. Am. F.L., 261.
[48.6] ii. Witzschel, 254. Auguries as to the following harvest are drawn by the Huzules from the burning of fruit with beechen brands on New Year’s Night. Kaindl, 73. As to auguries at a baptism from the putting out of the candle, see xii. Archivio, 530.
[49.1] Kuhn und Schwartz, 431; Thorpe, iii. N. Myth., 160. At Buvrinner in Hainaut pilgrimages are often made on behalf of the sick. On such an occasion candles are lighted on the altar of the saint invoked. If the flame be steady, it is a good sign; if it be wavering, a bad sign. ix. Rev. Trad. Pop., 489.
[49.2] Grimm, Teut. Myth., 1790, 1793.
[49.3] ii. Powell and Magnússon, 641, from Arnason.
[49.4] Plutarch, Rom. Quest., No. 75.
[49.5] ii. Witzschel, 226, 231; Grimm, Teut. Myth., 1843, 1794; Finamore, Trad. Pop. Abr., 52; Ostermann, 348, 476; Krauss, Sitte und Brauch, 396; Le Braz, 5. Compare the “wedding candlestick” at an Irish wedding, v. Folklore, 188. In the province of Siena the chances of life are calculated according as the candle in the church gives greater or less light. xiii. Archivio, 412.
[50.1] Grimm, Teut. Myth., 1835; Thorpe, iii. N. Myth., 271: both quoting Thiele.
[50.2] Von Wlislocki, Volksgl. Siebenb. Sachs., 56, 75; iv. Zeits. des Vereins, 316.
[50.3] Taylor, 205 (cf. also, 178); Lubbock, 245, citing Yate’s New Zealand.