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Série, ii. pp. 427-429. Op. cit. pp. 428 sq. H. Dessau, Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, vol. ii. Pars i. É. Hublard, op. cit. p. 39, quoting Dom Grenier. M. Desgranges, "Usages du Canton de Bonneval," Mémoires de la Société Royale des Antiquaires de France, i. A. de Nore, op. cit. p. 302. N. Hocker, op. cit. pp. 89 sq.; W. Mannhardt, l.c.
In the following survey of these fire-customs I follow chiefly W. Mannhardt, Der Baumkultus, kap. vi. pp. 497 sqq. The Scapegoat, pp. 316 sqq. For the loan of this work I am indebted to Mrs. Wherry of St. Peter's Terrace, Cambridge. É. Hublard, op. cit. pp. 27 sq. The local name for these bonfires is bures. In Bresse the custom was similar.
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