stuck in fields to ensure rain or an abundant crop, ii. 46, 47, 48;

stuck in flax-fields to make the flax grow tall, ii. 86;

used in exorcism, iii. 109;

fatigue transferred to, ix. 8;

sickness transferred to, ix. 186.

See also [Bough], [Boughs]

Brand, John, on the Harvest Queen, vii. 146;

on the Yule log, x. 247, 255

Brandenburg, Mark of, fruit-trees girt with straw at Christmas in, ii. 17;

race of bride and bridegroom in, ii. 303;