of bird (eagle or swan), women at menstruation obliged to drink out of, 45, 48, 49, 50, 73 n. 3, 90, 92
Bones burnt in the Easter bonfires, i. 142;
burnt in Midsummer fires, 203
—— of dead husbands carried by their widows, i. 91 n. 4
Bonfire Day in County Leitrim, i. 203
Bonfires supposed to protect against conflagrations, i. 107, 108;
protect [pg 329] houses against lightning and conflagration, 344;
lit by the persons last married, 107, 109;
a protection against witchcraft, 108, 109, 154;