76 Conception, Birth and Infancy in 



313 G. Pitre, op. cit. (see note 46) , 369. 



314 M. Pasquarelli, op. cit. (see note 4), XV, 502. An incantation of six 

 verses helps: 502-503. If a horse, ass, or cow has a similar pain, one must get 

 a girl who is a twin to give the part affected three good kicks: F. Valla, "Medicina 

 e credenze popolari sarde", Archivio, XIV (1895), 45-46. 



315 Z. Zanetti, Nonne e bambini, 15. Even kissing a baby too frequently is 

 said to cause them. They have always been common enough in infancy to keep 

 mothers guessing about the cause: cf. D. Williams op. cit. (see note 281), 451. 



316 E. Canziani, op. cit. (see note 162), 8; Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 153; G. 

 Bastanzi, "Superstizioni religiose nelle provincie di Treviso e di Belluno", 

 Archivio per I'antropologia e la etnologia, XVII (1887), 272; G. Bellucci, op. cit. 

 (see note 38), 104-105; 107; fig. 57; cf. G. Ferraro, "Toccaferro", Archivio, XX 

 (1901), 414; L. Di Pasquale, loc. cit. (see note 58). Some epileptics wear at 

 their neck le chiavette di S. Domenico all the time: Encic. ital. s.v. "Umbria." 



317 G. M. Cossu, "Tradizioni, superstizioni e credenze sarde", Rivista delle 

 tradkioni popolari italiane, I (1893-1894), 222; Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 254; 

 Nonne e bambini, 25-26. 



318 Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 153; 254. 



319 Z. Zanetti, Nonne e bambini, 17. 



320 E. Canziani, op. cit. (see note 162), 7; Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 255; Nonne 

 e bambini, 21. 



321 Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 153. 



322 Z. Zanetti, Nonne e bambini, 30; cf. La medicina, 91; 252. 



323 N.H. 28.259. 



324 N.H. 28.258. 



325 N.H. 28.257. 3 ™ N.H. 32.137. 



327 Z. Zanetti, La medicina, 154. For the administration of the brains of a hare 

 as a soporific in England: Notes and Queries, Ser. 6, IV (1881), 406; 457; 

 sometimes the brains of a calf: 458. On the unpredictable attacks of screaming 

 that afflict even healthy babies the layman may be referred, e.g., to Sir James F. 

 Goodhart, op. cit. (see note 280), 728-729; J. P. C. Griffith, op. cit. (see note 

 281), 887-888; L. Fischer op. cit. (see note 281), 147; E. Smith, op. cit. (see 

 note 281), 210-211. 



328 J. B. Andrews, op. cit. (see note 236), 42. 



329 C. Coronedi-Berti, op. cit. (see note 6), 6-7. 



330 E. Canziani, op. cit. (see note 45), 214. 



33 ^N.H. 22.59. 33 *N.H. 30.135. 333 N.H. 32.138. 33i N.H. 30.136. 



335 N.H. 30.137. 33 *N.H. 30.139. 337 N.H. 28.258. 33S N.H. 28.259. 

 The reference is probably to ulcerative stomatitis: cf. H. M. McClanahan, op. cit. 

 (see note 282), 147; J. P. C. Griffith, op. cit. (see note 281), 520. 339 N.H. 

 28.257. 



340 M. Vezzani, Usanze, tradizioni e leggende dell' Apennino Reggiano, 13; G. 

 Finamore, op. cit. (see note 5), 78. E. Canziani, op. cit. (see note 45), 214. 

 On the same principle, if menstrual cloths are put in the wash above and not 

 underneath the garments of men, the men will suffer atrocious pains: Z. Zanetti, 

 La medicina, 101; 97: beating the cloths will communicate menstrual suffering; 

 cf. 99. 



