knowledge of the language of birds learnt through tasting, viii. 146
Dragons, artificial, in rain-making, i. 297;
or serpents personated by kings, iv. 82;
driven away by smoke of Midsummer bonfires, x. 161;
St. Peter's fires lighted to drive away, x. 195
—— of water, folk-tales of virgins sacrificed to, ii. 155
Draguignan, in the department of Var, Midsummer fires at, x. 193
Drama, sacred, of the death and resurrection of Osiris, vi. 85 sq.;
modern Thracian, at the Carnival, vii. 25 sqq.;
magical, vii. 187 sq.