Shawnee prophet, xi. 157
Sheaf buried as a magical rite, i. 69
—— of corn dressed up to represent Death, iv. 248
——, the first cut, thought to contain the soul of the rice, vi. 239, vii. 197 sq.;
lamentations over, vii. 215;
called the “Cross of the Horse” and trodden by the youngest horse on the farm, vii. 294
——, the largest and finest, buried in corn-field from seed-time to harvest, vii. 174 sq.
——, the last cut at harvest used to make Brüd's bed in the Highlands of Scotland, ii. 94 n. 2;
the Corn-mother in, vii. 133 sqq.;