18. This account of the Feast of Fools and the Boy Bishop is mainly derived from Chambers, "M. S.," i. 274-371, and from #Mr. A. F. Leach's# article, #"The Schoolboys' Feast,"# in #"The Fortnightly Review"# (London), vol. lix., 1896, 128 f. 19. Chambers, "M. S.," i. 294. 20. Full text in Chambers, "M. S.," ii. 280 f. 21. Chambers, "M. S.," i. 372 f. 22. #"Two Sermons preached by the Boy Bishop at St. Paul's,"# ed. by J. G. Nichols, with an Introduction by E. F. Rimbault (London, printed for the Camden Society, 1875). 23. _Ibid._ 3. 24. Quoted by #F. J. Snell, "The Customs Of Old England"# (London, 1911), 44. 25. Chambers, "M. S.," i. 366. 26. #J. Aubrey, "Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme"# (1686-7), ed. by J. Britten (London, 1881), 40 f. 27. Chambers, "M. S.," i. 350. 28. Feilberg, ii. 254. CHAPTER XIV.--ST. STEPHEN'S, ST. JOHN'S, AND HOLY INNOCENTS' DAYS 1. Hoermann, "Tiroler Volksleben," 237 f. 2. Dyer, 492. 3. #L. von Hoermann, "Das Tiroler Bauernjahr"# (Innsbruck, 1899), 204. 4. _Ibid._ 204. 5. _Ibid._ 204 f. 6. Feilberg, i. 212. 7. Mannhardt, "Baumkultus," 402. 8. Feilberg, i. 211. 9. Mannhardt, "Baumkultus," 402 f. 10. _Ibid._ 402 f.; Feilberg, i. 204 f.; Lloyd, 203 f. 11. #H. C. Beeching, "A Book of Christmas Verse"# (London, 1895), 21 f. 12. Mannhardt, "Baumkultus," 406. 13. Henderson, "Folk Lore of the Northern Counties," 67. 14. Jahn, 269 f. 15. _Ibid._ 270 f. 16. _Ibid._ 273. |384| 17. Dyer, 497 f. 18. _Ibid._ 498; Brand, 290. 19. Mannhardt, "Baumkultus," 264 f. 20. _Ibid._ 265 f. 21. _Ibid._ 268. 22. Frazer, "Golden Bough," iii. 129 f. CHAPTER XV.--NEW YEAR'S DAY 1. Rhys, "Celtic Folklore," i. 320 f. 2. Henderson, "Folk Lore of the Northern Counties," 72. 3. #E. Thurston, "Omens and Superstitions of Southern India"# (London, 1912), 17 f. 4. Walsh, 742. 5. Wylie, 81. 6. Sebillot, 176. 7. #A. Maurice Low, "The American People"# (London, 1911), ii. 6. 8. Walsh, 739 f. 9. Evans, 229. 10. Burne and Jackson, 315 f. 11. _Notes and Queries_, 5th Series, vol. iii. 6. 12. Information given by the Rev. E. J. Hardy, formerly Chaplain to the Forces at Hongkong. 13. Frazer, "Golden Bough," iii. 204 f. 14. Burne and Jackson, 265. 15. Grimm, iv. 1784. 16. Harrison, "Themis," 36. 17. Henderson, "Folk Lore of the Northern Counties," 72 f. 18. Addy, 205. 19. G. Hastie in _Folk-Lore_, vol. iv., 1893, 309 f. 20. J. E. Crombie in same volume, 316 f. 21. Addy, 106; Burne and Jackson, 314; Rhys, "Celtic Folklore," i. 337. 22. Rhys, "Celtic Folklore," i. 339. 23. _Ibid._ 339 f.; W. Henderson, 74. Cf. _Folk-Lore_, vol. iii., 1892, 253 f.; vol. iv., 1893, 309 f. 24. Hastie (see Note 19), 311. 25. Walsh, 738. 26. Hastie, 312. 27. Chambers, "B. D.," i. 28. 28. _Ibid._ ii. 789 f.; _Notes and Queries_, 2nd Series, vol. ix., 322; Dyer, 506. 29. Ashton, 228. 30. Hoermann, "Tiroler Volksleben," 230 f.