i. 72;

seclusion of girls at puberty in, iii. 147, x. 40 _sq._

Sail Dharaich, Sollas, in North Uist, need-fire at, x. 294

Sailors at sea, special language employed by, iii. 413 _sqq._

“Saining,” a protection against spirits, ix. 168

St. Andrews, witch burned at, iii. 309

St. Angelo ill-treated in drought in Sicily, i. 300

St. Anthony’s fire treated by homoeopathic magic, i. 81 _sq._

St. Antony, wood of, x. 110

St. Barbara’s Day (the 4th of December), custom of putting rods in pickle on, ix. 270

St. Brandon, church of, in Ireland, sick women pass through a window of the, xi. 190

St. Bride, her Day (February 1st) in the Highlands of Scotland, ii. 94; an old goddess of fertility, ii. 95; at Kildare, ii. 242

St. Bridget, ii. 94 _sq._, 242. _See_ St. Brigit

St. Brigit, holy fire and nuns of, at Kildare, ii. 240 _sqq._

St. Catherine’s Day (December 6th), festival of weasels on, viii. 275

St. Christopher, name given to Midsummer giant at Salisbury, xi. 38

St. Columb Kill, festival of, x. 241

St. Columba worshipped as an embodiment of Christ, i. 407; on the oaks of Derry, ii. 242 _sq._

St. Columba’s tomb in Iona, i. 160

St. Corona, church of, at Koppenwal, holed stone in the, xi. 188 _sq._

St. Dasius, martyrdom of, at Durostorum, ii. 310 _n._ 1, ix. 308 _sqq._; his tomb at Ancona, ii. 310 _n._ 1, ix. 310

Saint-Denis-des-Puits, the oak of, xi. 287 _n._ 1

St. Denys, his seven heads, vi. 12

Saint Donan, in Brittany, superstition as to the wren at, viii. 318

St. Eany’s well in the Aran Islands, women desirous of offspring pray at,