or Eve (Midsummer Day or Eve), custom of bathing on, v. 246 sqq.;

the Rush-cutter supposed to mow down the crops on, vii. 23;

in Abyssinia, ix. 133;

Midsummer fires on, x. 167 sqq., 171 sqq., 178, 179;

fire kindled by friction of wood on, x. 281;

fern-seed blooms on, xi. 287.

See also [Midsummer]

St. John's Eve (Midsummer Eve), in Sweden, ii. 65;

Russian ceremony on, iv. 262;