the Harvest-cock at, vii. 276
Bramble, crawling under a, as a cure for whooping-cough, etc., xi. 180
Bran úa Faeláin, King of Leinster, saved by the voluntary death of fifty monks, iv. 159 n. 1
Branch of sacred cedar cut and brought home at wheat-sowing, ii. 50 sq.;
of hawthorn in bloom on May Day, ii. 52;
of oak dipped in a spring as a rain-charm, ii. 359;
lost soul brought back in a, iii. 67
Branches dipped in water as a rain-charm, i. 248, 250, 309, ii. 46 sq.;
not to be broken or cut in sacred groves, ii. 9, 10, 41 sqq.;