Note 197.2 — 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.

vi. Mélusine, 154, 155, quoting the Temps. I have referred to these performances by women in an earlier chapter, and compared them with a similar practice in Glamorganshire. Perhaps I may be allowed to refer to the case of St. Oswald’s Well at Oswestry, where the wish is to be obtained by flinging on a certain stone the remainder of the water in one’s hand after drinking. It must be done at midnight. Burne, 428. The Japanese practice is also referred to by Chamberlain, xxii. Journ. Anthr. Inst., 357. Compare with the rite at Penvenan, suprà, p. 186.