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