called the Sow, vii. 298, 299;
disguised as a wolf, viii. 327
Threshers, contests between, vii. 147 sqq., 218, 219 sq., 221 sq., 223 sq., 253;
pretend to throttle or thresh people on threshing-floor, vii. 149 sq., 230;
tied in straw and thrown into water, vii. 224 sq.
Thresher-cow, name given to man who threshes the last corn, in the Canton of Zurich, vii. 291
Threshing, customs at, vii. 134, 147 sqq., 203, 221 sq., 223, 223 sq., 225 sq., 230, 271, 273, 274 sq., 277, 281, 286 sq., 290 sqq., 297, 298 sq.;
contests in, vii. 218 sqq.;
corn-spirit killed at, vii. 291 sq.
—— in Attica, date of, viii. 4