rotation of, vii. 117;

vermin the enemies of the crops, superstitious devices for destroying, intimidating, or propitiating, [pg 232] viii. 274 sqq.;

supposed to be spoiled by menstruous women, x. 79, 96;

leaping over bonfires to ensure good, x. 107;

Midsummer fires thought to ensure good, x. 188, 336;

torches swung by eunuchs to ensure good, x. 340

Cross, Days of the, in Esthonia, i. 325;

wind of the, i. 325

—— of twisted corn on Candlemas, ii. 95 n.