[3] Introduction to Romero, p. x.; Arnaudin, p. 5.
[4] Thomas Ady, “A Candle in the Dark” (1656) (Cf. Aubrey, “Remaines,” p. 67); “Gesta Romanorum,” Introd., p. xxv. (E.E.T.S.); Lacroix, p. 100.
[5] Pitré, vol. iv. p. xvii.
[6] “Wide-awake Stories,” p. 1; Knowles, p. ix.
[7] White, vol. i. p. vi.; Sir G. Grey, p. vii.; Gill, p. xx.; Rink, pp. 83, 85.
[8] Ellis, “History of Madagascar,” vol. i. p. 264; Sproat, “Scenes and Studies of Savage Life,” p. 51; Im Thurn, pp. 215, 216.
[9] Temple, “Legends of the Panjab,” vol. i. p. v.; Thorburn, p. 172; Leland, p. 12; Taylor, p. 306; “Beowulf,” lay 16; Tacitus, “Germania,” cc., 2, 3; “Ancient Laws and Institutions of Wales” (Public Record Commission, 1841), pp. 15, 35, &c.
[10] Burton, “Nights,” vol. x. p. 163; “Revue des Trad. Pop.” vol. iv. p. 6. In Greece and Albania, however, the viol would seem not to be used. Women are the chief reciters. Von Hahn, vol. i. p. ix.
[11] Spitta Bey, p. viii.
[12] Steere, pp. v., vii.