thought to benefit by festivals of fire, xi. 4, 7;
fumigated with smoke of Midsummer herbs, xi. 53.
See also [Cows]
Cattle and sheep driven through, round, or between bonfires, ii. 327, x. 108, 109, 141, 154, 157, 158, 159, 165, 175, 176, 179, 185, 188, 192, 202, 203, 204, 285, 301, xi. 8, 9, 11 sq., 13
Cattle disease, the Midsummer fires a protection against, x. 176;
attributed to witchcraft, x. 302 sq., 343.
See also [Murrain]
—— -plague, need-fire kindled as a remedy for, x. 270 sqq.;
sacrifice of an animal to stay a, x. 300 sqq.