rites of, viii. 325 sqq., ix. 250 sq.;
English celebration of, viii. 329 sqq.
—— -oxen, the first, vii. 5
Ploughing, by women as a rain-charm, i. 282 sq.;
Prussian custom at, v. 238;
in Greece, season of, vii. 45, 50;
the land thrice a year, Greek custom of, vii. 53 n. 1, 72 sq.;
with oxen, vii. 129 n. 1;
annually inaugurated by the Chinese emperor, viii. 14 sq.;
in spring, custom at the first, x. 18