their Midsummer customs, x. 213 sqq., 219

Berecynthia, title of Cybele, v. 279 n. 4

Bérenger-Feraud, L. J. B., on the Festival of Fools, ix. 334 sq.

Berenice and Ptolemy, annual festival in their honour, vi. 35 n. 1

Bergell, in the Grisons, bells rung to make the grass grow at, ix. 247

Bergen, Midsummer bonfires at, x. 171

Bergkirchen, horse-races after harvest at, vii. 76

Bergslagshärad, in Sweden, the Yule Goat at, viii. 327

Bering Strait, the Esquimaux of, i. 9, 70, iii. 96, 205, 206, 228, 328, 371, 399, viii. 150, 247

Berkhampstead, in Hertfordshire, ague transferred to oaks at, ix. 57 sq.