The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

leaping over [pg 526] bonfires as a protection against, xi. 40;

its treatment by the Christian Church, xi. 42;

and sorcery, Midsummer herbs and flowers a protection against, xi. 45, 46, 49, 54, 55, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72;

St. John's wort a protection against, xi. 54;

dwarf-elder used to detect, xi. 64;

fern root a protection against, xi. 67;

mistletoe a protection against, xi. 85 sq., 282, 283, 294;

fatal to milk and butter, xi. 86;

oak log a protection against, xi. 92;

children passed through a ring of yarn as a protection against, xi. 185;