ii. 318

—— _sycomorus_, used in kindling fire by friction, ii. 210

Fida. _See_ Whydah

“Field of the giants,” called so from great fossil bones, v. 158

“—— of God,” viii. 14, 15

—— of Mars at Rome, viii. 42, 43, 44

“—— of secret tillage,” viii. 57

Field-mice, burning torches as a protection against, x. 114, 115; and moles driven away by torches, xi. 340

“—— speech,” a special jargon employed by reapers, iii. 410 _sq._, 411 _sq._

Fielding, H., on the Buddhist Lent, ix. 349 _sq._

Fields, miniature, dedicated to spirits, vii. 233 _sq._; cultivated, menstruous women not allowed to enter, x. 79; protected against insects by menstruous women, x. 98 _n._ 1; processions with torches through, x. 107 _sq._, 110 _sqq._, 113 _sqq._, 179, 339 _sq._; protected against witches, x. 121; made fruitful by bonfires, x. 140; fertilized by ashes of Midsummer fires, x. 170; fertilized by burning wheel rolled over them, x. 191, 340 _sq._; protected against hail by bonfires, x. 344

Fiends burnt in fire, ix. 320

_Fierte_ or shrine of St. Romain at Rouen, ii. 167, 168, 170 _n._ 1

Fife, custom of “dumping” at harvest in, vii. 227

Fifeshire, the harvest Maiden in, vii. 162

Fifty-two years, Aztec cycle of, vii. 310 _sq._

Fig, as an article of diet, ii. 315 _sq._; artificial fertilization of the, at Rome in July, vi. 98; Dionysus perhaps associated with the artificial fertilization of the,