Verges, in the Jura, Lenten fire-custom at, x. 114 sq.

Vermilion applied to bride in Hindoo marriage ceremony, ii. 25;

faces of Roman generals at a triumph reddened with, ii. 175

Vermin from hair returned to their owner, iii. 278;

propitiated by farmers, viii. 274 sqq.;

images of, made as a protection against them, viii. 280 sq.;

exorcized with torches, x. 340

Vernal festival of Adonis, v. 226

Verrall, A. W., as to Mohammed's prohibition of the artificial fertilization of the palm, ii. 25 n. 1;

on the Anthesteria, v. 235 n. 1;