[312] M. Lexer, “Volksueberlieferungen aus dem Lesachthal in Karnten,” Zeitschrift fuer deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde, iii. (1855) p. 31.

[313] The Popish Kingdome or reigne of Antichrist, written in Latin verse by Thomas Naogeorgus and Englyshed by Barnabe Googe, 1570, edited by R.C.  Hope (London, 1880), p. 52, recto. The title of the original poem was Regnum Papisticum.  The author, Thomas Kirchmeyer (Naogeorgus, as he called himself), died in 1577.  The book is a satire on the abuses and superstitions of the Catholic Church.  Only one perfect copy of Googe’s translation is known to exist:  it is in the University Library at Cambridge.  See Mr. R.C.  Hope’s introduction to his reprint of this rare work, pp. xv. sq. The words, “Then Clappers ceasse, and belles are set againe at libertee,” refer to the custom in Catholic countries of silencing the church bells for two days from noon on Maundy Thursday to noon on Easter Saturday and substituting for their music the harsh clatter of wooden rattles.  See R. Chambers, The Book of Days (London and Edinburgh, 1886), i, 412 sq. According to another account the church bells are silent from midnight on the Wednesday preceding Maundy Thursday till matins on Easter Day.  See W. Smith and S. Cheetham, Dictionary of Christian Antiquities (London, 1875-1880), ii. 1161, referring to Ordo Roman. i. u.s.

[314] R. Chambers, The Book of Days (London and Edinburgh, 1886), i. 421.

[315] Miss Jessie L. Weston, “The Scoppio del Carro at Florence,” Folk-lore, xvi. (1905) pp. 182-184; “Lo Scoppio del Carro,” Resurrezione, Numero Unico del Sabato Santo (Florence, April, 1906), p. 1 (giving a picture of the car with its pyramid of fire-works).  The latter paper was kindly sent to me from Florence by my friend Professor W.J.  Lewis.  I have also received a letter on the subject from Signor Carlo Placci, dated 4 (or 7) September, 1905, 1 Via Alfieri, Firenze.

[316] Frederick Starr, “Holy Week in Mexico,” The Journal of American Folk-lore, xii. (1899) pp. 164 sq.; C. Boyson Taylor, “Easter in Many Lands,” Everybody’s Magazine, New York, 1903, p. 293.  I have to thank Mr. S.S.  Cohen, of 1525 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, for sending me a cutting from the latter magazine.

[317] K. von den Steinen, Unter den Naturvoelkern Zentral-Brasiliens (Berlin, 1894), pp. 458 sq.; E. Montet, “Religion et Superstition dans l’Amerique du Sud,” Revue de l’Histoire des Religions, xxxii. (1895) p. 145.

[318] J.J. von Tschudi, Peru, Reiseskizzen aus den Jahren 1838-1842 (St. Gallen, 1846), ii. 189 sq.

[319] H. Candelier, Rio-Hacha et les Indiens Goajires (Paris, 1893), p. 85.