Syrakoi chose as king the man with the longest head, ii. 297
Syria, charm to make fruit-trees bear in, i. 140;
oak-tree worshipped in, ii. 16;
St. George in, ii. 346, v. 78, 79, 90;
belief as to stepping over a child in, iii. 424;
Adonis in, v. 13 sqq.;
“holy men” in, v. 77 sq.;
hot springs resorted to by childless women in, v. 213 sqq.;
subject to earthquakes, v. 222 n. 1;
the Nativity of the Sun at the winter solstice in, v. 303;