race to a sheaf on harvest-field in, vii. 137;
cure for headache and giddiness in, ix. 52, 53;
cure for toothache in, ix. 60;
simples culled at Midsummer in, xi. 48
Brandons, the Sunday of the, first Sunday in Lent, x. 110;
torches carried about fields and streets, x. 111 n. 1
Brands of Midsummer fires a protection against lightning, conflagration, and spells, x. 183;
a protection against thunder, x. 191;
lighted, carried round cattle, x. 341.
See also [Sticks, charred]