burnt or banned by fire, xi. 19 sq.;

gather noxious plants on Midsummer Eve, xi. 47;

gather St. John's wort on St. John's Eve, xi. 56;

purple loosestrife a protection against, xi. 65;

tortured in India, xi. 159;

animal familiars of, xi. 202.

See also [“Burning the Witches”]

“Witches, Burning the,” a popular name for the fires of the festivals, xi. 43

—— and hares in Yorkshire, xi. 197

—— and were-wolves, parallelism between, x. 315, 321