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This interpretion is confirmed by the name ankenmilch bohren, which is given to the need-fire in some parts of Switzerland. See E. Hoffmann-Krayer, "Fruchtbarkeitsriten im schweizerischen Volksbrauch," Schweizerisches Archiv für Volkskünde, xi. p. 245. Indiculus Superstitionum et Paganiarum, No. XV., "De igne fricato de ligno i.e. nodfyr."
E. Hoffmann-Krayer, "Fruchtbarkeitsriten im schweizerischen Volksbrauch," Schweizerisches Archiv fur Volkskunde, xi. pp. 244-246. E. Hoffmann-Krayer, op. cit. p. 246. J. Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie,* i. 505. "Old-time Survivals in remote Norwegian Dales," Folk-lore, xx. pp. 314, 322 sq.
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