life of oak in, [280];
not allowed to touch the ground, [280];
a protection against witchcraft and Trolls, [282], [283], [294];
a protection against fairy changelings, [283];
hung over doors of stables and byres [pg 361] in Brittany, [287]; thought to disclose treasures in the earth, [287], [291] sq.;
gathered at the solstices, Midsummer and Christmas, [291] sqq.;
traditional privilege of, [291] n. 2;
growing on a hazel, [291] n. 3;
growing on a thorn, [291] n. 3;
life of the oak conceived to be in the, [292];