Note 53 — Chapter I · THE KING OF THE WOOD
Reading edition
N. Nilles, Kalendarium Manuale utriusque Ecclesiae Orientalis et Occidentalis² (Innsbruck, 1896–7), i. pp. 249, 480. Professor Nilles compares the blessing of the herbs (Krautweihe), which still takes place in various parts of German-speaking lands on August 15th for the purpose of defeating the charms of witches.