mugwort (herb of St. John) at Midsummer in, xi. 58 sq.;

fern-seed at Midsummer in, xi. 65;

judicial treatment of sorcerers in, xi. 158;

birth-trees in, xi. 165;

children passed through a cleft oak as a cure for rupture or rickets in, xi. 170.

See also [French]

Franche-Comté, dances in, to make hemp grow, i. 137;

girl called “the spouse” on May Day in, ii. 88 n.;

effigies of Shrove Tuesday destroyed in, iv. 227;

“catching or killing the cat” at harvest in, vii. 281;