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[294]. W. Mannhardt, Baumkultus, pp. 315 sq.
[295]. W. R. S. Ralston, Russian Folk-tales, p. 345. As to Green George see above, pp. [75] sq.
[296]. W. R. S. Ralston, Songs of the Russian People, p. 234.
[297]. W. Mannhardt, Baumkultus, p. 318; J. Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie, 4th ed., ii. 657.
[298]. A. de Nore, Coutumes, mythes et traditions des provinces de France, pp. 17 sq.; Bérenger-Féraud, Réminiscences populaires de la Provence, pp. 1 sq.