[161.4] Schiffer, in iv. Am Urquell, 273.
[162.1] Liebrecht, in Gerv. Tilb., 236, 237, 244.
[163.1] Berliner Tageblatt, 18th Sept. 1892, quoted on the cover of iv. Am Urquell, No. 12. For similar prescriptions, chiefly German, see Strack, 34, 84. Pettigrew, 80, quotes Sir Thomas Browne, but omits the reference.
[164.1] This is a mere suggestion, of the value of which I am doubtful. Tertullian, retorting against the heathen the charge of blood, speaks of the drinking for epilepsy of the fresh blood of criminals killed in the arena at gladiatorial shows. Apol., ix. Perhaps, therefore, belief in the power of the blood of criminals, as such, may go back to an earlier date.
[165.1] Von Wlislocki, Siebenb. Sachs., 201.
[165.2] Schiffer, in iii. Am Urquell, 200; Töppen, 102. In Transylvania, by a complementary belief akin to those discussed in the next paragraph, to lay a flower on the dead causes the stalk whence it has been plucked to wither. iv. Am Urquell, 52.
[165.3] Rev. C. J. Branch, in Contemp. Rev., Oct. 1875, 761.
[165.4] Finamore, Trad. Pop. Abr., 201, 85, 135.
[165.5] Baumgart, in iv. Zeits. des Vereins, 83.
[166.1] Thorpe, iii. N. Myth., 329, quoting Wolf, Wodana; E. Polain, in ii. Bull. de F.L., 7.