olklore," i. 339.

23. _Ibid._ 339 f.; W. Henderson, 74. Cf. _Folk-Lore_, vol. iii., 1892,
253 f.; vol. iv., 1893, 309 f.

24. Hastie (see Note 19), 311.

25. Walsh, 738.

26. Hastie, 312.

27. Chambers, "B. D.," i. 28.

28. _Ibid._ ii. 789 f.; _Notes and Queries_, 2nd Series, vol. ix., 322;
Dyer, 506.

29. Ashton, 228.

30. Hoermann, "Tiroler Volksleben," 230 f.

31. #J. G. Campbell, "Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and
Islands of Scotland"# (Glasgow, 1902), 232. Cf. the account given by
Dr. Johnson, in Brand, 278.

32. Henderson, "Survivals of Belief among the Celts," 263 f.

33. #R. Chambers, "Popular Rhymes of Scotland"# (Edinburgh, 1847), 296,
and "B. D.," ii. 788. |385|

34. "New English Dictionary," v. (1) 327.

35. Cortet, 18.

36. Sebillot, 213.

37. _Ibid._ 213.

38. MacCulloch, "Guernsey Folk Lore," 37.

39. Abbott, 80 f.

40. Stratilesco, 197 f.

41. Hamilton, 103.

42. _Ibid._ 104.

43. Mannhardt, "Baumkultus," 593 f.

44. Latin text from Ducange in Chambers, "M. S.," i. 254.

45. Wylie, 81.

46. Abbott, 78.

47. Grimm, iv. 1847.

48. Sebillot, 171.

49. Dyer, 7.

50. Ashton, 228.

51. #A. Macdonell, "In the Abruzzi"# (London, 1908), 102.

52. Abbott, 77.

53. Ralston, 205.

54. #"The Athenaeum"# (London), Feb. 5, 1848; _Notes and Queries_, 1st
Series, vol. v., 5.

CHAPTER XVI.--EPIPHANY TO CANDLEMAS

1. Hoermann, "Tiroler Volksleben," 240 f.

2. #Leigh Hunt, "The Seer; or, Common-Places Refreshed"# (London, 1850),
part ii. 31.

3. Beeching, 148 f.

4. Chambers, "M. S.," i. 261.

5. #E. Pasquier, "Les Recherches de la France"# (Paris, 1621), livre
iv., chap. ix. p. 375.

6. Cortet, 33.

7. _Ibid._ 34.

8. _Ibid._ 43.

9. #E. Du Meril, "Origines latines du theatre moderne"# (Paris, 1849),
26 f.

10. Brand, 13.

11. #A. de Nore, "Coutumes, mythes et traditions des provinces de
France"# (Paris, 1846), 173.

12. Reinsberg-Dueringsfeld, 29 f.; Brand, 13.

13. #Matilde Serao, "La Madonna e i Santi"# (Naples, 1902), 128.

14. Reinach, i. 45 f.

15. Abbott, 77.

16. _Ibid._ 78.

17. Frazer, "Golden Bough," iii. 93.

18. Hoermann, "Tiroler Volksleben," 246; Reinsberg-Dueringsfeld, 21.

19. Reinsberg-Dueringsfeld, 21.

20. _Ibid._ 21 f. |386|

21. Stratilesco, 198.

22. Reinsberg-Dueringsfeld, 21.

23. #Countess Martinengo-Cesaresco, "Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs"#