Barker, W. G. M. Jones, on need-fire in Yorkshire, x. 286 sq.
Barking a tree, old German penalty for, ii. 9
Barley forced for festival, v. 240, 241, 242, 244, 251 sq.;
awarded as a prize in the Eleusinian games, vii. 73, 74, 75;
oldest cereal cultivated by the Aryans, vii. 132
—— Bride among the Berbers, vii. 178 sq.
—— -cow at harvest, vii. 289, 290
—— -harvest, time of, in ancient Greece, vii. 48, 77
—— loaf eaten by human scapegoat before being put to death, ix. 255
—— -meal and water drunk as a form of communion with the Barley-Goddess at Eleusis, vii. 161