The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology

by Margaret Alice Murray

[569] Pitcairn, i, pt. ii, p. 246. The ploughman, Gray Meal, who took a large part in the ceremonies, was an old man.

[570] Id., i, pt. ii, p. 210.

[571] F. Hutchinson, Hist. Essay, p. 42.

[572] Spalding Club Misc., i, p. 172.

[573] Boguet, p. 131.

[574] De Lancre, Tableau, pp. 68, 401.

[575] Id., L'Incredulité, p. 805.

[576] Davenport, p. 2.

[577] Van Elven, La Tradition, v (1891), p. 215.

[578] Sinclair, p. 163. The account given by Barton's wife of the position of the candle on the Devil's person is paralleled by the peculiarly coarse description of the Light-bearers at the witch-sabbaths at Münster. Humborg, p. 120.