acquire the gift of speech on Christmas Eve, 254;
driven through the need-fire, 270 sqq.;
killed by fairy darts, 303;
lighted brands carried round, 341;
thought to benefit by festivals of fire, ii. [4], [7];
fumigated with smoke of Midsummer herbs, [53]
—— and sheep driven through, round, or between bonfires, i. 108, 109, 141, 154, 157, 158, 159, 165, 175, 176, 179, 185, 188, 192, 202, 203, 204, 301, ii. [8], [9], [11] sq., [13]
—— disease, the Midsummer fires a protection against, i. 176;
attributed to witchcraft, 302 sq., 343