a protection against evil spirits, xi. 49
—— Midsummer festival in Sardinia, v. 244 sq.
—— Night (Midsummer Eve), precautions against witches on, xi. 20 n.
—— root (Johanniswurzel), the male fern, xi. 66
—— wort (Hypericum perforatum), gathered at Midsummer, v. 252 sq.;
a protection against witchcraft, ix. 160;
garlands of, at Midsummer, x. 169 n. 3, 196;
gathered on St. John's Day or Eve (Midsummer Day or Eve), xi. 49, 54 sqq.;
a protection against thunder, witches, and evil spirits, xi. 54, 55, 74;