in Macedonia, superstitions as to the, ix. 320;
weather of the twelve months supposed to be determined by the weather of the, ix. 322 sqq.;
in ancient India, ix. 324 sq.;
accounted a miniature of the year, ix. 324;
in the Highlands of Scotland, ix. 324;
difference of opinion as to the date of the, ix. 324, 327;
probably an old intercalary period at midwinter, ix. 325 sq., 328, 338 sq., 342
—— Days or Twelve Nights not of Christian origin, ix. 326 sqq.
—— fires on Eve of Twelfth Day, ix. 318 sq., 321 sq.
—— Gods, images of the, carried in procession at Magnesia, viii. 8