[44] By a charter of 1103, churches allowed an asylum within a space of thirty paces in circumference. Ecclesiæ salvitatem habeant triginta passuum circumcirca.—Marca.
[45] The castle of Artiguelouve is still standing—a curious monument of ancient grandeur; it is situated near Sauveterre.
[46] i.e. lifting their partners into the air.
[47] Tard-venus.
[48] Tutte de las bronchos.
[49] The number of twelve was reduced to eleven since the period that the village of Bidous was removed from the territorial jurisdiction of Béarn.
[50] This practice is similar to that of the Neapolitans, who wear a little hand in coral (gettatura) as a preservative against the evil eye.
[51] There are two songs beginning with the same words: both favourites.
[52] This song singularly resembles Burns' charming "Banks
and braes" in its opening, though it is greatly inferior as a
whole.
[53] At Utraritz, near Bayonne, they show, in the porch of the church, a similar recess, where once stood the bénitier of the Cagots.