Elbe, the river, dangerous on Midsummer Day, xi. 26

Elder brother, his name not to be pronounced, [pg 256] iii. 341;

the sin of marrying before an, ix. 3

Elder, dwarf, in rain-making, i. 273

—— -bush, cut hair buried under an, iii. 275;

creeping under an, as a cure for fever, ix. 55

—— -flowers gathered at Midsummer, xi. 64

—— -tree, cut hair and nails inserted in an, iii. 275 sq.;

fever transferred to a twig of the, ix. 49

—— -trees sacred among the old Prussians, ii. 43