Note 709 — Chapter V · THE DIFFERENCING ELEMENTS OF COMMUNAL POETRY (continued 2)
Reading edition
Compare the song sung on this occasion in Bavaria as the peasants dance about the fire and leap over it for good luck (Firmenich, II. 703):—
Haliga Sankt Veit,
Schick uns a Scheit;
Haliga Sankt Wendl,
Schick uns an Bengl;
Haliga Sankt Florio,
Kent uns des Fuiar O!
Kent = kindle.