Note 126.1 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.
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Scot, 63; Bourke, 216, 217, citing various authors; vii. Journ. Am. F.L., 133; Krauss, Sitte und Brauch, 167; Von Wlislocki, Volksgl. Zig., 82, 104. Aubrey (Gentilisme, 44) notices in Burchard’s Decrees a reference to a custom on the part of women for the purpose of awakening love, analogous to the nasty Annamite story (Landes, 150) cited suprà, vol. i., p. 76. Among the authorities cited in this and preceding notes may also be found details of the means of destroying the charms by burning, treading out, and otherwise treating the substances referred to.