^{page 389 note 1} Lines 724–764.

^{page 389 note 2} See Folk-Lore, i. No. 2, where the ‘symbols’ of Pythagoras are explained by Mr. J. G. Frazer.

^{page 390 note 1} A. Lang, Introduction to Perrault's Popular Tales, p. Ixi.

^{page 390 note 2} Encycl. Brit., Art. ‘Taboo,’ J. G. Frazer.

^{page 390 note 3} Golden Bough, i. pp. 195–205.

^{page 390 note 4} Golden Bough, i. p. 197.

^{page 391 note 1} Cf. also the article ‘Aberglaube,’ Pauly's Real-Encycl. i. p. 50.

^{page 391 note 2} Latham, , Folk-Lore Record, i.Google Scholar

^{page 391 note 3} Burne, , Shropshire Folk-Lore, p. 269. Cf. pp. 279, 282, for similar superstitions.Google Scholar

^{page 391 note 4} Jones, and Kropf, , ‘Magyar Folk-Lore,’ Folk-Lore Journal, i. p. 355.Google Scholar

^{page 391 note 5} Leslie, , Among the Zulus and Amatongas, p. 16.Google Scholar

^{page 392 note 1} Garnett, , The Women of Turkey, i. p. 340.Google Scholar

^{page 392 note 2} Prim. Cult. i. pp. 104–108.

^{page 392 note 3} Cf. Rodd, , Customs and Lore of Modern Greece, p. 148.Google Scholar

^{page 392 note 4} Songs of the Russian People, p. 122; Attis, p. 122.

^{page 392 note 5} Women of Turkey, i. p. 335.

^{page 392 note 6} Myth, Ritual, and Religion, i. pp. 267, &c.

^{page 393 note 1} Schmidt, , Griech. Märchen Sagen u. Volkslieder, Nos. 29 and 30.Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 2} Gregor, , Journ. Anthrop. Instit. iii. p. 267.Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 3} Black, , Folk Medicine, p. 27.Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 4} Wilde, Lady, Ancient Cures, &c., of Ireland, p. 66.Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 5} Folk Medicine, p. 27.

^{page 393 note 6} Leland, , Gypsy Sorcery, p. 106.Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 7} Courtney, , Cornish Folk-Lore, p. 218.Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 8} The Attis, p. 95.

^{page 393 note 9} We are not here concerned with the opposite idea, that diseases are cured by contact with a grave or a dead person. See Dyer, , English Folk-Lore, p. 171Google Scholar; Gomme, , Ethnology in Folk-Lore, pp. 113–115.Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 10} Golden Bough, i. p. 196 and p. 206

^{page 393 note 11} Golden Bough, i. p. 195.

^{page 393 note 12} Burne, p. 286.

^{page 393 note 1} Golden Bough, i. pp. 186, &c.