Denmark, fires on St. John's Eve in, i. 171;
passing sick children through a hole in the ground in, 190, 191;
children passed through a cleft oak as a cure for rupture or rickets in, ii. [170], [172]
Dessil. See [Deiseal]
Deux-Sèvres, department of, Midsummer fires in the, i. 191;
fires on All Saints' Day in the, 245 sq.
Devil, the, seen on Midsummer Eve, i. 208
Devil's bit, St. John's wort, ii. [55] n. 2
Devils, ghosts, and hobgoblins abroad on Midsummer Eve, i. 202
Devonshire, need-fire in, i. 288;