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 Rh care of them. Then he went home and found that half of his bacchi had come to life again. So he armed all his men and women with knives and sticks, and they laid in wait for the witch and beat her till she revived all the dead silkworms.

I heard the following repeated only about an hour ago, as I write, by a woman while telling fortunes by cards. It is manifestly an incantation, which had originally no connection with cards;

English:—

Florence appears to be one of the most abundant fields for Folklore which I have ever examined, and Prof. Dom. Comparetti of this city possesses one of the best Folk-lore libraries in Europe.

Yours faithfully,