ceremony at spring ploughing in, i. 286;

corn drenching in, i. 287;

gardens of [pg 402] Adonis in, i. 294, 295;

harvest custom in, i. 336, 338, 343;

ceremony at the sowing of the winter corn by the Prussian Slavs, ii. [18], [19];

midsummer fire festival in, ii. [265]

Puberty, girls at, not allowed to touch the ground or see the sun, ii. [225-253];

girls secluded at, ii. [225];

reasons for the seclusion, ii. [238] sq.

Pulverbatch, oak tree superstition at, ii. [368]