Bistritz district of Transylvania, belief as to quail in last corn in the, vii. 295
Bitch, the last sheaf called the, vii. 272
Bites of ants used as purificatory ceremony, iii. 105.
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Bithynia, Arrian of, ii. 126;
mournful song of reapers in, vii. 216
—— and Pontus, rapid spread of Christianity in, ix. 420 sq.
Bithynians invoke Attis, v. 282
Biting bark of tree as mode of transferring a malady, ix. 54, 55
—— a sword as a charm, i. 160