treatment of the effigy of Kupalo in, [23];
the Letts of, [50];
purple loose-strife gathered at Midsummer in, [65];
fern-seed at Midsummer in, [65], [66], [287] sq.;
birth-trees in, [165]
Russian feast of Florus and Laurus, i. 220
—— story of Koshchei the deathless, ii. [108] sqq.
Rustem and Isfendiyar, i. 104 sq.
Ruthenia, Midsummer bonfires in, i. 176
Rye, girdles of, a preventive of weariness in reaping, i. 190