—— seed used to strengthen weakly children, vii. 11;
sown in direction of flames of bonfire, x. 140, 337
Flaying of Men, Mexican festival of the, ix. 296 sqq.
Fleabane as a cure for headache, x. 17
Fleas, leaping over Midsummer fires to get rid of, x. 211, 212, 217
“Fleece of Zeus,” Διὸς κώδιον, iii. 312 n. 3
Flemish cure for ague by transferring it to a willow, ix. 56
Flesh, boiled, not to be eaten by tabooed persons, iii. 185;
of men eaten to acquire their qualities, viii. 148 sqq.
—— of human victim eaten, vii. 240, 244, 251;