Altars, bloodless, ix. 307
Altdorf and Weingarten, in Swabia, the Carnival Fool on Ash Wednesday at, iv. 232
Althenneberg, in Bavaria, Easter fires at, x. 143 sq.
Altisheim, in Swabia, the last sheaf called the Old Woman at, vii. 136
Altmark, custom with birch branches at Whitsuntide in the, ii. 64;
the May Bride at Whitsuntide in the, ii. 95;
the He-goat at reaping in the, vii. 287;
Easter bonfires in the, x. 140, 142
Alum burnt at Midsummer, x. 214
Alungu, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, x. 24 sq.