“Sawing the Old Woman” on, iv. 243;
Russian custom on, ix. 268;
palm-branches consecrated on, used to protect fields against hail, x. 144;
boxwood blessed on, x. 184, xi. 30, 47;
fern-seed used on, xi. 288
—— -tree, thought to ensure fertility to barren women, ii. 51;
ceremony at tapping a palm-tree for wine, ii. 100 sq.;
child's hair fastened to, iii. 276.
See also [Date-palm]
—— -trees as life-indices, xi. 161, 163, 164