Briar-thorn, divination by, i. 242
Bri-bri Indians of Costa Rica, seclusion of women at menstruation among the, i. 86
Bride not allowed to tread the earth, i. 5;
last married, made to leap over bonfire, ii. [22]
—— and bridegroom, mock, at bonfires, i. 109 sq.
Bride, parish of, in the Isle of Man, i. 306, 307 n. 1
Bridegroom not to touch the ground with his feet, i. 5
Brie, Isle de France, effigy of giant burnt on Midsummer Eve at, ii. [38]
Brihaspati, Hindoo deity, i. 99 n. 2
Briony, wreaths of, at Midsummer, i. 210