Rowan, parasitic, esteemed effective against witchcraft, ii. [281];
superstitions about a, [281] sq.;
how it is to be gathered, [282];
not to be touched with iron and not to fall on the ground, [282]
—— -tree a protection against witches, i. 154, 327 n. 1, ii. [184] n. 4, [185];
hoop of, sheep passed through a, [184].
See also Mountain-ash
Rubens, painter, ii. [33]
Rucuyennes of Brazil, ordeal of young men among the, i. 63