—— -spirits, W. Mannhardt's view that the victims burnt by the Druids represented, ii. [43]
Velten, C., on an African Balder, ii. [312] sq.
Verbascum, mullein, gathered at Midsummer, ii. [63] sq.;
its relation to the sun, [64]
Verbena officinalis, vervain, gathered at Midsummer, ii. [62]
Verges, in the Jura, Lenten fire-custom at, i. 114 sq.
Vermin exorcized with torches, i. 340
Versipellis, a were-wolf, i. 314 n. 1
Vervain, garlands or chaplets of, at Midsummer, i. 162, 163, 165;
burnt in the Midsummer fires, 195;