Walpurgis Day, the 1st of May, charred sticks of Judas fire planted in the fields on, x. 143

—— Night (the Eve of May Day), dances on, to make flax grow tall, i. 138, 139 n.;

precautions against witches on, ii. 52, 54, 55, xi. 20 n.;

milk and butter stolen by witches on, ii. 127;

witches abroad on, ix. 158 sqq., x. 159 sq.;

annual expulsion of witches on, ix. 159 sqq.;

dances for the crops on, ix. 238;

a witching time, x. 295;

witches active on, xi. 73, 74