[76] Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, p. 352.

[77] F. S. Bassett, Sea Phantoms.

[78] James W. Mackinlay, Folk-Lore of Scottish Lochs and Springs, p. 6.

[79] William Jones, Credulities Past and Present.

[80] Giuseppe Pitré, Usi e costumi, credenze, e pregiudizi del popolo Siciliano. Palermo, 1889.

[81] A. Wuttke, Der deutsche Volksaberglaube, p. 92.

[82] Cornhill, N. S. vol. xix. 1892.

[83] Dr. H. Ploss, Das Kind in Brauch und Sitte der Völker, p. 122.

[84] A. Wuttke, Der deutsche Volksaberglaube, p. 336.

[85] Natural History, book xxviii. ch. 81.