used in the expulsion of witches, etc., ix. 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, 165, 166;
carried in procession by maskers in Salzburg, ix. 243;
carried by dancers in Mexico, ix. 285;
applied to fruit-trees on Eve of Twelfth Night, ix. 316 sq.;
carried about the sowed fields on the Eve of [pg 499] Twelfth Night, ix. 316, 317;
interpreted as imitations of lightning, x. 340 n. 1
Torches, burning, carried round folds and lands at Midsummer, x. 206;
applied to fruit-trees to fertilize them, x. 340
—— of Demeter, x. 340
——, processions with lighted, x. 141, sq., 233 sq.;