Wicker giants at popular festivals in Europe, ii. [33] sqq.;
burnt in summer bonfires, [38]
Wiesensteig, in Swabia, witch as horse at, i. 319
“Wild fire,” the need-fire, i. 272, 273, 277
Wilde, Lady, her description of Midsummer fires in Ireland, i. 204 sq.
Wilken, G. A., on the external soul, ii. [96] n. 1
Wilkes, Charles, on seclusion of girls at puberty, i. 43
Will-fire, or need-fire, i. 288, 297
Willow, mistletoe growing on, ii. [79], [315], [316];
children passed through a cleft willow-tree as a cure, [170];