the hair of the Holy, found in ashes of Midsummer fire, 182 sq., 191;
feast of the Nativity of the, 220 sq.;
and child supposed to sit on the Yule log, 253 sq.
Virgins of the Sun at Cuzco, i. 132;
the Vestal, and the sacred fire, 136
Virginia, rites of initiation among the Indians of, ii. [266] sq.
Virginity, test of, by blowing up a flame, i. 137 n.
Virility supposed to be lost by contact with menstruous women, i. 81
Viscum album, common mistletoe, ii. [315] sqq.;
Viscum quernum, [317]