Rope, ceremony of sliding down a, [196] sqq.
Ropes used to keep off demons, [120], [149];
used to exclude ghosts, [152] sq., [154] n.
Roscher, W. H., on the Salii, [231] n. 3
Roscommon, Twelfth Night in, [321] sq.
Rosemary, used to beat people with, [270], [271]
Rouen, ceremony on Ascension Day at, [215] sq.
Roumanians of Transylvania, [16];
their belief in demons, [106] sq.
Rowan-tree, cattle beaten with branches of, on May Day, [266] sq.;