in the folk-lore of modern European peasants, xi. 81 sqq.;
medical virtues ascribed to, xi. 82 sqq.;
cut when the sun is in Sagittarius, xi. 82, 86;
growing on oak a panacea for green wounds, xi. 83;
mystic qualities ascribed to mistletoe at Midsummer (St. John's Day or Eve), xi. 83, 86;
these virtues a pure superstition, xi. 84;
cut at the full moon of March, xi. 84, 86;
called “thunder-besom” in Aargau, xi. 85, 301;
a master-key to open all locks, xi. 85;
a protection against witchcraft, xi. 85 sq.;