See also [Foot-races] and [Races]
Rupert's Day, effigy burnt on, x. 119
Rupt in the Vosges, Lenten fires at, x. 109;
the Yule log at, x. 254
Rupture, cured by plugging a snail into a tree, ix. 52;
nailed into oaks, ix. 60;
children passed through cleft ash-trees or oaks as a cure for, xi. 168 sqq., 170 sqq.
Rurikwi, river in Mashonaland, chiefs not allowed to cross, iii. 9
Rush, the small (Juncus tenuis), in homoeopathic magic, i. 144
Rush-cutter (Binsenschneider), a mythical being supposed to mow down the crops on St. John's Day, vii. 230 n. 5