Hallowe'en customs in, x. 241 sq.;
witches as hares in, x. 315 n. 1;
bathing at Midsummer in, xi. 29;
cure for whooping-cough in, xi. 192 n. 1
——, ancient, the Celts of, ii. 116;
sacred oak groves in, ii. 242 sq., 363;
taboos observed by the kings of, iii. 11 sq.;
the great fairs of, iv. 99 sqq.
Irish belief as to green boughs on May Day, ii. 52
—— crannogs, oak timber in the, ii. 352