[114]. See “Roman Questions,” Q. 1, 2, in Goodwin’s Plutarch’s Morals, I., 204; also authorities cited in Becker’s Gallus, p. 162 f., and Marquardt’s Privatleben der Römer, I., 53 f.
[115]. See Coulange’s Ancient City, pp. 29–41, 55–58, with citations.
[116]. See “Marriage Customs of the Mordvins,” in London Folk-Lore, I., 437. See, also, the reference to burning incense on the threshold in Tuscany, at p. [17] f., supra.
[117]. See Kowalewsky’s “Marriage among the Early Slavs,” in London Folk-Lore, I., 467.
[118]. From “Marriage Customs of the Mordvins,” in London Folk-Lore, I., 423, 447.
[119]. From “Marriage Customs of the Mordvins,” in London Folk-Lore, I., 434–443.
[120]. Napier’s Folk-Lore in the West of Scotland, p. 51; also Wood’s Wedding Day in all Ages and Countries, II., 59 f.
[121]. See Bancroft’s Native Races, I., 662, 703, 730–734.
[122]. On the testimony of the Rev. William Ewing, a missionary in Palestine.
[123]. A daughter of a native Copt described to me this ceremony, as she witnessed it at the building of her father’s house in 1878. He was formerly a Coptic priest, but was now a Protestant Christian.