The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

reaping the last corn called “catching the Cat” in, vii. 280;

reaper of last corn called the Tom-cat in, vii. 281;

Grüneberg in, vii. 281;

last sheaf shaped like a horned ox in, vii. 289;

Bunzlau in, vii. 289;

“catching the quail” at harvest in, vii. 295;

expulsion of witches on Good Friday in, ix. 157;

precautions against witches on Walpurgis Night in, ix. 162 sq.;

precautions against witches at Christmas and New Year in, ix. 164;

“Easter Smacks” in, ix. 268, 269;