—— year, the beginning of the, ix. 228

Slavs, tree-worship among the heathen, ii. 9;

love charms and divination on St. George's Day among the, ii. 345 sq.;

the thunder-god Perun of the, ii. 365;

custom of regicide among the, iv. 52;

festival of the New Year among the old, iv. 221;

the old, began their year with March, iv. 221 sq.;

“Sawing the Old Woman” among the, iv. 242;

the Corn-mother among the, vii. 132, 135;