ringwort was recommended by Apuleius, and later on the fern was
regarded as a preservative against this baneful influence. The Chinese
put faith in the garlic; and, in short, every country has its own special
plants. It would seem, too, that after a witch was dead and buried,
precautionary measures were taken to frustrate her baneful influence.
Thus, in Russia, aspen is laid on a witch's grave, the dead sorceress being
then prevented from riding abroad.
Footnotes:
- See Moncure Conway's "Demonology and Devil Lore," 1880, ii. 324. 2. See
Friend's "Flower Lore," ii. 529-30. 3. "Demonology and Devil Lore," ii. 324. 4.
Grimm, "Teutonic Mythology," 1883, iii. 1051. 5. Folkard's "Plant Lore, Legends,
and Lyrics," 1884, p. 91. 6. Thorpe's "Northern Mythology," iii. 19. 7. Grimm's
"Teutonic Mythology," iii. 1052. 8. See Thorpe's "Northern Mythology," iii. 267. 9.
See Folkard's "Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics," p. 209. 10. Ibid., p. 104. 11. See
Kelly's "Indo-European Folk-lore," pp. 225-7. 12. See Hardwick's "Traditions,
Superstitions, and Folk-lore," p. 117; also Grimm's "Teutonic Mythology," 1883,
iii. 1083. 13. See Thorpe's "Northern Mythology," 1852, iii. 21, 137. 14. "Popular
Romances of the West of England," 1871, p. 330. 15. Grimm's "Teutonic
Mythology," iii. 1084. 16. See Thorpe's "Northern Mythology," iii. 208-9. 17. See
chap. "Doctrine of Signatures." 18. See Yardley's "Supernatural in Romantic
Fiction," 1880, pp. 131-2. 19. See Fiske, "Myths and Mythmakers," p. 44; also
Baring-Gould's "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages," 1877, p. 398. 20. "Survey
of London." See Mason's "Folk-lore of British Plants" in Dublin University
Magazine, September 1873, p. 326-8. 21. Mr. Conway's "Mystic Trees and
Flowers," Fraser's Magazine, 1870, 602. 22. "British Herbal." 23. See Folkard's
"Plant-lore Legends and Lyrics," p. 380. 24. "Plant-lore Legends and Lyrics," p.
- Henderson's "Folk-lore of Northern Counties," 1879, p. 225. 26. "Folk-lore
of Northern Counties," 1879. 27. "Folk-medicine," p. 202.
- Henderson's "Folk-lore of Northern Counties," 1879, p. 225. 26. "Folk-lore