Roscommon, Twelfth Night in, ix. 321 sq.;
divination at Hallowe'en in, x. 243
Rose, H. A., on the sacrifice of the first-born in India, iv. 181
Rose, the Little May, ii. 74
——, the Sunday of the, fourth Sunday in Lent, iv. 222 n. 1
——, the white, dyed red by the blood of Aphrodite, v. 226
Rose-bushes a protection against witches, ii. 338;
used by mourners, probably to keep off the ghost, iii. 143
—— -tree, death in a blue, xi. 110
Rosemary burnt on May Day as a protection against witches, ix. 158 sq.;