A. Witzschel, Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuche aus Thüringen (Vienna, 1878), p. 223, § 70.
662
W. Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschungen, pp. 25 sq.
663
C. A. Elliot, Hoshangábád Settlement Report, p. 178, quoted in Panjab Notes and Queries, iii. §§ 8, 168 (October and December, 1885); W. Crooke, Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India (Westminster, 1896), ii. 306.
664
W. Crooke, op. cit. ii. 306 sq.
665
W. Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschungen, p. 31.
666
Ibid. p. 334.
667
Ibid. p. 330.
668
Ibid.
669
Ibid. p. 331.
670
W. Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschungen, p. 335.
671
Ibid. p. 335.
672
Above, pp. 135 (#x_14_i8), 146 (#x_15_i3).
673
J. Nicholson, Folk-lore of East Yorkshire (London, Hull, and Driffield, 1890), p. 28, supplemented by a letter of the author's addressed to Mr. E. S. Hartland and dated 33 Leicester Street, Hull, 11th September, 1890. I have to thank Mr. E. S. Hartland for calling my attention to the custom and allowing me to see Mr. Nicholson's letter.
674
W. Mannhardt, Die Korndämonen, p. 26.
675
Above, pp. 149 (#x_15_i16)sq.
676
W. Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschungen, p. 50.
677
Ibid. pp. 50 sq.
678
See above, pp. 146 (#x_15_i3), 170 (#x_16_i41) note 1; Adonis, Attis, Osiris, Second Edition, pp. 195 sqq.
679
W. Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschunge pp. 32 sqq. Compare K. Bartsch, Sagen, Märchen und Gebräuche aus Meklenburg (Vienna, 1879-1880), ii. 296 sq.; P. Drechsler, Sitte, Brauch und Volksglaube in Schlesien (Leipsic, 1903-1906), ii. 62 sq.; A. John, Sitte, Brauch und Volksglaube im deutschen Westböhmen (Prague, 1905), p. 193; A. Witzschel, Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuche aus Thüringen (Vienna, 1878), p. 221, § 61; R. Krause, Sitten, Gebräuche und Aberglauben in Westpreussen (Berlin, preface dated March, 1904), p. 51; Revue des Traditions populaires, iii. (1888) p. 598.
680
W. Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschungen, pp. 35 sq.
681
Ibid. p. 36.
682
A. John, Sitte, Brauch, und Volksglaube im deutschen Westböhmen, (Prague, 1905), p. 194.
683
O. Hartung, “Zur Volkskunde aus Anhalt,” Zeitschrift des Vereins für Volkskunde, vii. (1897) p. 153.
684
J. Lecœur, Esquisses du Bocage Normand (Condé-sur-Noireau, 1883-1887), ii. 240 sq.
685
W. Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschungen, p. 36.
686