Note 147.1 — 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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Marcellus, xxxiii. 26. I have thought it needless to discuss the rite at length, as it is well known. In England, the tree usually chosen is an ash. The best account of the rite that I know is given by Gaidoz, Vieux Rite, 15. See also White, Nat. Hist. Selborne, letter xxviii. to Daines Barrington; Kuhn und Schwartz, 443; County Folklore, Suffolk, 26; Ploss, ii. Kind, 221; ii. Brand, 590. It is also in use for sick sheep. Grimm, Teut. Myth., 1816.