Meroe, Ethiopian kings of, put to death, iv. 15
Merolla, G., da Sorrento, on food taboos in Congo, iii. 137;
on the custom of putting the Chitomé to death, iv. 14 sq.;
on seclusion of girls at puberty on the Congo, x. 31 n. 3
Merovingian kings may have touched for scrofula, i. 370
Merrakech, in Morocco, custom of throwing water on each other at Midsummer at, x. 216;
New Year fires at, x. 217
Merseburg, binder of last sheaf called the Oatsman near, vii. 221
Merton College, Oxford, King of the Bean at, ix. 332 sq.
Mesha, king of Moab, his god Kemosh, v. 15;