used by maskers, ix. 243, [pg 522] 244;
cracked to make the flax grow, ix. 248;
cracked to drive away witches, xi. 74
Whirling or turning round, custom of, observed by mummers, i. 273, 275, ii. 74, 80, 81, 87
Whirlwind, attacking the, i. 329 sqq.
Whirlwinds thought to be demons or spirits, i. 331 n. 2
Whit-Monday, custom observed by Russian girls on, ii. 80;
the Leaf King at Hildesheim on, ii. 85;
the King in Bohemia on, ii. 85;