The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

Esthonian prayer to, ii. 367 sq.;

expiation for hearing, iii. 14;

the first heard in spring, offering of grain to guardian ancestral spirit at, viii. 121;

the first peal heard in spring, peas cooked and eaten at, ix. 144;

demon of, exorcized by bells, ix. 246 sq.;

associated with the oak, x. 145;

Midsummer fires a protection against, x. 176;

charred sticks of Midsummer bonfire a protection against, x. 184, 192;

ashes of Midsummer fires a protection against, x. 190;

brands from the Midsummer fires a protection against, x. 191;