mistletoe gathered at the, xi. 291 sq.

Solstitial fires perhaps sun-charms, xi. 292

Soma, Hindoo deity, x. 99 n. 2;

sacrifice of, in Vedic India, iii. 159 n.;

worship of the stone which presses out the juice of the, ix. 90

Somali, marriage custom of the, vi. 246, 247

Somersetshire, Midsummer fires in, x. 199

Somerville, Professor William, on the time for coupling ewes and rams, ii. 328 n. 4;

on the agricultural term “to stool,” vii. 193 n.

Somme, the river, ceremony of carrying lighted torches on the first Sunday in Lent in villages on, x. 113;