St. John blesses the flowers on Midsummer Eve, i. 171;
his hair looked for in ashes of Midsummer fire, 182 sq., 190;
fires of, in France, 183, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193;
prayers to, at Midsummer, 210;
claims human victims on St. John's Day (Midsummer Day), ii. [27], [29];
print of his head on St. John's Eve, [57];
oil of, found on oak leaves, [83]
——, the Knights of, i. 194
——, Grand Master of the Order of, i. 211
—— the Baptist associated by the Catholic Church with Midsummer Day, i. 160, 181