Chapter XIV. —St. Stephen's, St. John's, and Holy Innocents’ Days

1 . Hörmann, “Tiroler Volksleben,” 237 f.

2 . Dyer, 492.

3 . L. von Hörmann, “Das Tiroler Bauernjahr” (Innsbruck, 1899), 204.

4 . Ibid. 204.

5 . Ibid. 204 f.

6 . Feilberg, i. 212.

7 . Mannhardt, “Baumkultus,” 402.

8 . Feilberg, i. 211.

9 . Mannhardt, “Baumkultus,” 402 f.

10. Ibid. 402 f.; Feilberg, i. 204 f.; Lloyd, 203 f.

11. H. C. Beeching, “A Book of Christmas Verse” (London, 1895), 21 f.

12. Mannhardt, “Baumkultus,” 406.

13. Henderson, “Folk Lore of the Northern Counties,” 67.

14. Jahn, 269 f.

15. Ibid. 270 f.

16. Ibid. 273.

17. Dyer, 497 f.

18. Ibid. 498; Brand, 290.

19. Mannhardt, “Baumkultus,” 264 f.

20. Ibid. 265 f.

21. Ibid. 268.

22. Frazer, “Golden Bough,” iii. 129 f.