_Marake_, an ordeal of being stung by ants and wasps, i. 63 _sq._ Marcellus of Bordeaux, his medical treatise, i. 17 March, the month of, the fire-walk in, ii. 6; mistletoe cut at the full moon of, 84, 86 —— moon, woodbine cut in the increase of the, ii. 184 _Margas_, exogamous totemic clans of the Battas of Sumatra, ii. 222 _sq._ Marilaun, A. Kerner von, on mistletoe, ii. 318 _n._ 6 Marjoram burnt at Midsummer, i. 214; gathered at Midsummer, ii. 51; a talisman against witchcraft, 74 Mark of Brandenburg, need-fire in the, i. 273; simples culled at Midsummer in the, ii. 48; St. John’s blood in the, 56; the divining-rod in the, 67 Marotse. _See_ Barotse Marquesas Islands, the fire-walk in the, ii. 11 Marriage, leaping over bonfires to ensure a happy, i. 107, 108, 110; omens of, drawn from Midsummer bonfires, 168, 174, 178, 185, 189; omens of, drawn from bonfires, 338 _sq._; omens of, from flowers, ii. 52 _sq._, 61; oak-trees planted at, 165 Married, the person last, lights the bonfire, i. 107, 109, 111, 119, 339; young man last married provides wheel to be burnt, 116; the person last married officiates at Midsummer fire, 192; men married within the year collect fuel for Midsummer fire, 192 _sq._; married men kindle need-fire, 289; last married bride made to leap over bonfire, ii. 22 Mars and Silvia, ii. 105 Marsaba, a devil who swallows lads at initiation, ii. 246 Marseilles, drenching people with water at Midsummer in, i. 193; Midsummer king of the double-axe at, 194; the Yule log at, 250; Midsummer flowers at, ii. 46 Marshall Islands, belief in the external soul in the, ii. 200 Marsi, the ancient, i. 209 Martin of Urzedow, i. 177 Martin, M., on _dessil_ (_deiseal_), i. 151 _n._; on need-fire, 289 Marwaris, of India, Holi festival among the, ii. 2 _sq._ Marxberg, the, on the Moselle, i. 118 Masai, peace-making ceremony among the, ii. 139 _n._ Mask, not to wear a, i. 4 Masked dances, bull-roarers used at, ii. 230 _n._ Masks worn by girls at puberty, i. 31, 52; worn at Duk-duk ceremonies in New Britain, ii. 247; worn by members of a secret society, 270, 271 Masquerade of boys among the Lengua Indians, i. 57 _n._ 1 Masuren, a district of Eastern Prussia, Midsummer fire kindled by the revolution of a wheel at, i. 177, 335 _sq._; divination by flowers on Midsummer Eve in, ii. 52, 53; divination by orpine at Midsummer in, 61; camomile gathered at Midsummer in, 63; fire kindled by friction of oak at Midsummer in, 91 Matabeles fumigate their gardens, i. 337 Matacos, Indian tribe of the Gran Chaco, their custom of secluding girls at puberty, i. 58 Mataguayos, Indian tribe of the Gran Chaco, their custom of secluding girls at puberty, i. 58 Matthes, B. F., on sympathetic relation between man and animal, ii. 197 _n._ 4 Mauhes, Indians of Brazil, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, i. 59; ordeal of young men among the, 62