Feathers worn by manslayers, iii. 180;

red, of a parrot worn as a protection against a ghost, iii. 186 n. 1;

of cock mixed with seed-corn, vii. 278;

of wren, virtue attributed to, viii. 319

February, annual expulsion of demons in, ix. 148

—— the 1st, St. Bride's Day, ii. 94 sq.

—— the 2nd, Candlemas, ii. 94 n. 2

—— the 22nd, St. Peter's Day, vii. 300

—— the 24th, the Flight of the King of the Sacred Rites on, ii. 308 sq.

—— and March, the season of the spring sowing in Italy, ix. 346