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 242 Animal Superstitions and Totemism.

Wagtail : Wetterau, Languedoc. (I am not sure that the statement of Sloet in De dieren refers to a super- stition.) ^ Weasel : Montagne noire, Ruthenia, among the Wends.'"^ Woodpecker : Sweden.-^

Wren : Ireland, Scotland, Wales, f England, France.* Weevil : Esthonia.^

To the animals above mentioned may be added, on the testimony of Caesar, the cock and goose in S. England.*' The seal in Ireland has already been mentioned.'^

We have therefore in all 47 animals which are or have been tabooed in various parts of Europe.

{h) The Animal may not be Eaten ^ Touched, or Used.

In this sub-section, complementary to the preceding, are found 18 of the animals on the above list. We have, in addition, the followmg for the first time : — Stagbeetle : Ausbach.^

Lark : N.E. Scotland." ^

Mole: Chemnitz.^" Wild duck : N.E. Scotland.i^ Yellowhammer : Rhuddlan. ^'-^f Rook : N.E. Scotland.i^

' Wuttke, p. 130; RoUand, ii., 228; Sloet, p. 221.

- Nore, p. 98 ; Kaindl, p. 103 ; Schulenburg, p. 259.

^ Gaslander, p. 48.

"• Mair, Handbook of Proverbs, p. 52 ; Frazer, Golden Bough, ii., 142 ; MS. note ; Brand, iii., 194.

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 * Ilolzmayer, Osiliana, p. 105 n. in Vcrp. der Esthn. Ges zn Dorpat,

" De Bello Gallico, v., 12.

' To these should perhaps be added the tit (Sloet, De dieren, p. 222).

8 Grimm, No. 705.

9 Gregor, p. 139.

'" Grimm, No. 743. " Gregor, p. 146. '■^ MS. note. " Gregor, p. 136.