——, Old, burning the, on the last day of harvest in Yorkshire, vii. 224;
on Twelfth Day in Herefordshire, ix. 319
“Witch-shot,” a sudden stiffness in the back, x. 343 n., 345
Witch's herb, St. John's wort, xi. 56 n. 1
“—— nest,” a tangle of birch-branches, xi. 185
Witchcraft, precautions against, on May Day, ii. 52 sqq.;
the rowan a protection against, ii. 53, 54, ix. 267, x. 154, 327 n. 1, xi. 184 n. 4, 185, 281;
strangers suspected of practising, iii. 102;
almost universal dread of, iii. 281;