—— in Greece, date of, vii. 62
Threshing-dog, name given to man who gives the last stroke with the flail, vii. 271
—— -floor, stalks of corn knotted as a charm on a, iii. 308 sq.;
Demeter associated with the, vii. 41 sq., 43, 47, 61 sq., 63, 64 sq.;
the festival of the, at Eleusis, vii. 60 sqq.;
of Triptolemus at Eleusis, vii. 61, 72, 75;
strangers treated as embodiments of the corn-spirit on the, vii. 230;
sanctity of the, viii. 110 n. 4
Threshing corn by oxen, vi. 45
Threshold, shells on, i. 158;