Ancient Rome and Modern Italy 71 



toscano a significare il gran bene che vuole suol dire che il suo bene non si 

 numera. In Piedmont: Si dice ai proprietari che contano la roba loro per 

 guardarsi dai ladri: roba cunta 1 liiv la mangia, roba contata se la mangia il 

 lupo. Cf. Notes and Queries, Ser. 5, VIII (1877), 325. 



236 Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 141; J. B. Andrews, "Quelques croyances et usages 

 napoletains", Archivio, XVIII (1899), 45; P. H. Williams, op. cit. (see note 4), 

 104—105 ; N. Valletta, Cicalata sul fascino volgarmente detto jettatura con cenni 

 biografici sull' autore, 52. For this superstition in North America, cf. Fanny 

 D. Bergen, op. cit. (see note 224) 24, no. 38; 25, no. 52; E. M. Fogel, op. cit. 

 (see note 24), 52, no. 143. 



237 N.H. 30.138 ; cf. 30.100. 



238 G. Pitre, op. cit. (see note 46), 356. 



239 Cf., e.g., Pers. 5.186-188; Dioscor. De Med. Mat. 3.97. 

 ^N.H. 28.257; cf. 11.166. 



241 N.H. 33.84. We may note the survival of such ideas about gold in North 

 America: Fanny D. Bergen, op. cit. (see note 224), 94, numbers 796-800. 



242 M. D. Martini, "Note folkloristiche presi in Canicatti (Sicilia)", Archivio, 

 X (1891), 559. 



243 For a long list of the protectives in vogue today see A. De Nino, op. cit. 

 (see note 66), II, 35. 



244 M. Pasquarelli, op. cit. (see note 4), XVI. 56; Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 

 161: if the witches handle them, they must be replaced by others. The rest- 

 lessness of the baby indicates that the old ones have been impaired and are 

 not doing their work. 



245 G. Pitre, op. cit. (see note 58), 286; M. Pasquarelli, loc. cit: gives a full 

 statement. 



246 S. La Sorsa, II folklore nelle scuole di Puglia, 6; G. Amain, op. cit. (see 

 note 191), 4. 



247 Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 255; M. Pasquarelli, loc. cit. (see note 4). 



248 G. B. Corsi, loc. cit. (see note 207); "vita senese", Archivio, IX (1890), 

 109; cf. Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 160; 255. 



249 G. Ferraro, op. cit. (see note 6), 135; 410; M. Pasquarelli, op. cit. (see 

 note 4), XV, 503; A. De Nino, op. cit. (see note 66), V, 187; Z. Zanetti, La 

 medicina, 155: rue may be put on the belly and on the soles of the feet as well 

 as used internally. 



250 S. Salomone-Marino, op. cit. (see note 50), 132; A. De Nino op. cit. V, 186. 



251 The mother may be advised to put a sickle somewhere in baby's bed or 

 cradle: M. Pasquarelli, op. cit., XVI, 56. 



252 A. Dieterich, "A-B-C Denkmaler", Rheinisches Museum, LVI (1901), 104- 

 105; R. S. Conway, Ancient Italy and Modern Religion, 14-15. 



253 Contessa Fulvia Perotti De' Miani, "Credenze e superstizioni di Cassano 

 Murge (Bari)", Rivista delle tradizioni popolari italiane, I (1893-1894), 381. 



254 S. La Sorsa, op. cit. (see note 246) , 6. A broom set against the jamb of 

 the door is a Pennsylvania German way of keeping out the witches: E. M. Fogel, 

 Beliefs and Superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans, 138, No. 634; cf. 139. 



255 In childbirth, death is preferable to the surgeon: Z. Zanetti, La mec 

 120, note 1. 



