The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12)

by James George Frazer

to make the flax grow tall, 119, 165, 166, 166 sq., 168, 173, 174, 337;

to ensure a happy marriage, 107, 108;

to ensure a plentiful harvest, 155, 156;

to be free from backache at reaping, 165, 168;

as a preventive of fever, 166, 173, 194;

for luck, 171, 189;

in order to be free from ague, 174;

in order to marry and have many children, 204, 338 sq.;

as cure of sickness, 214;

to procure offspring, 214, 338;