[78.1] A. W. Howitt, in xiii. Journ. Anthr. Inst., 456.
[78.2] E. Polain, in ii. Bulletin de Folklore, 10.
[78.3] Mrs. Latham, in i. F.L. Record, 44; County F.L., Suffolk, 132.
[78.4] For a similar reason Pythagoras also directed his disciples on rising from bed to shake out the impress of the body. Clem. Alex., Stromata, v. See also Diog. Laert., Vita Pyth., xvii.
[79.1] Andree, ii. Ethnog. Par., 8, 9, 11, 12; P. Sartori, in iv. Zeits. des Vereins, 42, 43, citing various authorities; Am Urquell, 289; Grimm, Teut. Myth., 1747, 1798, 1799, 1814, 1819. A horse may be lamed by thrusting a knife or nail into his fresh footprint. Ibid., 1821, 1823.
[79.2] xii. Archivio, 536; Leland, Etruscan, 301; iv. Zeits. des Vereins, 42, 43. There is a curious Assyrian incantation from Assurbanipal’s collection, the translation of which is uncertain, but which appears to refer to these practices. Lenormant renders the line: “He has torn my garment and dragged it in the dust of my feet.” This is not a sorcerer’s proceeding; and it is of a sorcerer that complaint is made. Dr. Bartels gives, I know not whence, the more probable reading: “He has torn my clothes and mixed his magical herb with the dust of my feet.” Lenormant, 61; Bartels, 34. Dr. Bartels deliberately deprives his works of the greater part of their value by his omission of references.
[80.1] Von Wlislocki, Volksleb. Mag., 81.
[80.2] ii. Train, 157.
[80.3] Moore, 95. Cf. Prof. Rhys, in ii. Folklore, 298.
[80.4] County F.L., Suffolk, 201.