66 Conception, Birth and Infancy in 



iss w. W. Story, Roba di Roma, II, 508. 139 An amusing account: H. H. 

 Jackson, Bits of Travel, 199-201. Cf., also, W. D. Howells, Venetian Lije, 321. 



140 E. Canziani, op. cit. (see note 45), 214; G. Bacci, of. cit. (see note 78), 

 XV, 48; G. Finamore, op. cit. (see note 5), 68; 72-73; A. Karusio, op. cit. (see 

 note 77), 317; T. W. Lund, The Lake of Como, 65; D. Silvagni, Scene della 

 vita napoletana, 158. 



141 Some believe that if the name of his birthday saint is not included, he will 

 die; M. Pasquarelli, op. cit. (see note 4), XVI, 55. For this belief in England 

 cf. Notes and Queries, Ser. 1, VII (1853), 128. 



142 W. W. Story {Roba di Roma, I, 33-34) writes amusingly upon Italian 

 callousness to ridicule that concerns oddities and defects. 



143 E. A. Reynolds-Ball, op. cit. (see note 133), 9. 



144 The Romans were supposed to keep secret the name of the protecting deity 

 of Rome in order to protect the city against a foe who might summon him to 

 their side. On the subject in general see the admirable discussion of K. F. 

 Smith in his edition of Tibullus, note on 1.2.57-58; Plut. Quaest. Rom. 61; Plin. 

 N.H. 28.18; Macrob. 3.9.3. 



145 Suet. Calig. 9; Tac. Ann. 1.41. 



146 Tac. Ann. 1.23. 147 See the famous ancient picture of the wounded 

 Aeneas: Arturo Castiglioni, Storia della Medicina, 205. 



148 Cf. N. Borrelli, "Tradizioni e leggende dei colli aurunci", // folklore italiano, 

 VII (1932), 204; G. Amalfi, Tradizioni ed usi nella penisola sorrentina, 3. 

 The best terse exemplification of such formations known to me is in A. Hoare, 

 An Italian Dictionary , s.v. "Donna" and "Donnona." 149 Z. Zanetti, La 

 medicina, 134. 



150 G. Bacci, op. cit. (see note 78), XV, 52. 



151 M. Pasquarelli, op. cit. (see note 4), XV, 330; XVI, 54. 



152 G. Pitre, Medicina, 202; cf. the use of the mother's own milk for the cure 

 of her infant's crosta lattea, "milk crust": 224. 



153 Z. Zanetti, Nonne, 14. 



154 G. Bacci, op. cit. (see note 78), XV, 53. This reminds me that some 

 Pennsylvania Germans believed that powwowing would be futile, if the pow- 

 wower set a price on his sorcery: E. M. Fogel, op. cit. (see note 24), 382. 



155 G. Pinoli, "Medicina popolare nel canavese", Archivio, IV (1885), 82. 

 On such use of ordure medically cf. Walton B. McDaniel, op. cit. (see note 94), 

 79-80. 



156 G. Finamore, op. cit. (see note 5), 69; M. Pasquarelli, op. cit. (see note 4), 

 XV, 327; XVI, 54. 



157 Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 132. 



158 Z. Zanetti, op. cit., 145. 



159 G. Bacci, op. cit. (see note 78), XV, 53. 



160 G. Bacci, op. cit., XIV, 223; L. Marco, "Usi, costumi e credenze popolari di 

 Mottola", Rivista delle tradizioni popolari italiane, I (1893-1894), 298. For 

 an artificial lattaruolo cf. A. De Nino, op. cit. (see note 66) , II. 29. 



161 P. Mazzuchi, "Leggende, pregiudizi e superstizioni del volgo neh" alto 

 polesine", Archivio per I'antropologia e la etnologia, XVIII (1888), 273; W. L. 

 Hildburgh, "Notes on Spanish Amulets", Folklore, XXVI (1915), 409, pi. II, 

 fig. 28 and note 2. 



