at fetching water on Easter Saturday night, x. 124;
at digging the root of the yellow mullein at midnight on Midsummer Eve, xi. 63;
at cutting a branch of hazel to form a divining-rod by night on Midsummer Eve, xi. 67;
in passing a ruptured or rickety child through a cleft tree, xi. 171;
in creeping through a hoop of willow as a cure, xi. 184
Silenuses, minor deities associated with Dionysus, viii. 1 sq.
Silesia, custom as to children's cast teeth in, i. 181;
precautions against witches on May Day in, ii. 54 sq.;
Whitsuntide King in, ii. 84;
contest for the kingship at Whitsuntide in, ii. 89 sq.;