Note 1337 — Chapter X · ORPHIC MYSTERIES. (continued 2)
Reading edition
Schol. ad Call. Hymn. ad Jov. 48 ἐν γὰρ λείκνοις τὸ παλαιὸν κατεκοίμιζον τὰ βρέφη πλοῦτον καὶ καρποὺς οἰωνιζόμενοι· λίκνον οὖν τὸ κόσκινον ἢ τὸ κούνιον ἐν ᾧ τὰ παιδία, τιθέασιν. For similar modern customs see Mannhardt, Mythologische Forschungen, ‘Kind und Korn,’ p. 366.