Note 74 — Chapter I · THE KING OF THE WOOD
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For an example of the custom in modern times see J. J. Blunt, Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily (London, 1823), p. 135. The custom is still widespread among the Catholic population of Southern Germany. See R. Andree, Votive und Weihegaben des Katholischen Volks in Süddeutschland (Brunswick, 1904), pp. 94 sqq., 112 sqq., 123 sqq.