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 2 1 6 Correspondence.

Scotland, the Scottish Borders, Gloucestershire, Devonshire, Sussex, etc. Henderson, Northern Counties, p. 56; Gregor, North- East Scotland, p. 206 ; Folk-Lore Record, vol. i, pp. 60, 102 j Choice Notes {Folk Lore), Y)"^. 11 T, ix2>. Ed.]

Burial of Amputated Limbs.

{Supra, p. 82.)

I knew of a similar case many years ago in Valentia, Co. Kerry. After a great deal of trouble the local doctor persuaded a man to have his leg amputated. His friends claimed the leg for burial and held a wake over it ; some of the whisky provided for the occasion was smuggled into the hospital for the patient to wake his own leg.

A. C. Haddon.

Serpent-Procession at Cocullo.

{Supra, p. 187.)

S. Domenico of Cocullo was born at Foligno in Umbria in 950 and died at Sora, Jan. 22, 1031. He belonged to the Order of S. Benedict, and founded several monasteries in the valleys and mountains of the Abruzzi. Tradition relates that he once stopped at Cocullo and left a tooth there as a token of protection and preservation from hydrophobia, the bites of poisonous serpents, and toothache.

LORETO MaRCHIONE,

(Arch Priest of Cocullo).