Note 1033 — Chapter V · THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER (continued 2)

G. Vuillier, “La Sicile, impressions du présent et du passé,” Tour du monde, lxvii. (1894) pp. 54 sq. Compare G. Pitrè, Usi e costumi, credenze e pregiudizi del popolo siciliano, iii. (Palermo, 1889) pp. 142–144. As to St. Francis of Paola, who died in 1507 and was canonised by Leo X. in 1519, see P. Ribadeneira, Flos Sanctorum, cioè Vite de’ Santi (Venice, 1763), i. 252 sq.; Th. Trede, Das Heidentum in der römischen Kirche, iii. 45–47; G. Pitrè, Feste patronali in Sicilia (Turin and Palermo, 1900), pp. 49 sqq. He was sent for by Louis XI. of France, and his fame as a worker of miracles is still spread over all the south of Italy. With the entertainments given in honour of St. Francis of Paola to wheedle rain out of him we may compare the shadow-plays or puppet-shows given by the Javanese and the comedies played by the Chinese for the same purpose. See T. S. Raffles, History of Java (London, 1817), i. 477; G. A. J. Hazen, “Kleine bijdragen tot de ethnografie en de folklore van Java,” Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde, xlvi. (1903) pp. 299 sq.; Huc, L’Empire chinois⁴ (Paris, 1862), i. 241.