[265] Henderson’s “Folk-Lore of Northern Counties,” p. 127.
[266] Thorpe’s “Northern Mythology,” vol. ii. p. 34; Brand’s “Pop. Antiq.,” 1849, pp. 215, 216; see also Harland and Wilkinson’s “Lancashire Folk-Lore,” 1867, pp. 143, 145.
[267] “Atmospherical Researches,” 1823, p. 262.
[268] Sir Thomas Browne’s Works, 1852, vol. i. p. 378.
[269] See “Book of Days,” vol. i. p. 515.
[270] Southey’s “Commonplace Book.” 5th series. 1851, p. 305.
[271] Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” bk. vi. ll. 455-676; “Titus Andronicus,” iv. 1.
[272] Cf. “Lucrece,” ll. 1079, 1127.
[273] See Yarrell’s “History of British Birds,” 1856, vol. i. p. 30; Nares’s “Glossary,” vol. ii. p. 620; also Pennant’s “British Zoology;” see Peele’s Play of the “Battle of Alcazar” (ii. 3), 1861, p. 28.
[274] Called estridge in “1 Henry IV.” iv. 1.