person identified with, vii. 138 sq.;

corn-spirit caught in, vii. 139;

called the Cailleach (Old Wife), vii. 140 sqq.;

burnt and its ashes strewed on fields, vii. 146;

called the Bastard, vii. 150;

called the Child, vii. 151;

given to the cattle at Christmas, vii. 155, 158, 160 sq.;

cut by the youngest girl on the field, vii. 157, 158;

kept till Christmas, then given to a mare in foal, vii. 160, 161 n. 1;

given to the first mare that foals, vii. 160, 162;