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