their idea of lightning, xi. 298
Maillotins on May Day, in the department of Mayenne, ii. 63
Maimonides, on loading a fruit-tree with stones, i. 140;
on a custom observed at grafting by the heathen of Harran, ii. 100 n. 2;
on the seclusion of menstruous women, x. 83
Maine, French department, oaks worshipped in, ii. 371
Mairs, in India, their custom of sacrificing their first-born sons to the small-pox goddess, iv. 181
Maize, Mexican goddesses of, i. 136, vii. 176, ix. 285 sq., 286 n. 1, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295;
homoeopathic magic to promote the growth of, i. 136, 137;
magical stones for the increase of, i. 162;