first bestowed on the Athenians by Demeter, vii. 54;
personified as female, vii. 130;
wreath of, made from last sheaf, vii. 134;
double personification of, as mother and daughter, vii. 207 sqq.;
the first corn cut, customs connected with, vii. 215 sq.;
patches of unreaped, left at harvest, vii. 233;
identification of persons with, vii. 252;
the last left standing, the corn-spirit supposed to be in, vii. 254, 268;
the new, eaten sacramentally, viii. 48 sqq.;
the first cut, used to bake the communion bread, viii. 51;