beating an absent man vicariously in, i. 207;

contagious magic of footprints in, i. 210, 211 sq.;

meal offered to the wind in, i. 329 n. 5;

fruit-trees girt or tied together with straw on Christmas Eve in, ii. 17, 27 sq.;

the Harvest May in, ii. 47, 48;

use of May-trees to make cows yield milk in, ii. 52;

the rowan-tree a charm against witchcraft in, ii. 53 n. 5, ix. 267;

precautions against witches on Walpurgis Night in, ii. 54;

Midsummer trees in, ii. 65 sq.;

races at Whitsuntide in, ii. [pg 284] 69;