240 Animal Superstitions and To tern ism.
Cockroach : Ruthenia, Lancashire.^
Cormorant: Rerrick (Scotland).'"'
Cricket : Wales,t Ireland, Ruthenia, Carinthia, France, &c.^
Crossbill : Bohemia.*
Crow: Lechrain, Borgue (Scotland).^
Cuckoo : Hampshire, Connemara, Wales, Borgue, Finland,
among the Slavs, and in Sweden." Dog : parts of France.^ Duck (Bergente) : Sylt (?) « Eel: Eibo.9 Frog: Ruthenia.-^° Fly: Mecklenburg.^^ Hare : Russia, Pennant Melangell.^'^ Lizard : Sicily, Pecek (Bohemia), Waldeck, Poland, S.
SporadeSj &c.^^
' Kaindl, p. 105; Rolland, iii., 286. The presence of this insect, which only appeared in Europe a few centuries ago, in the list need not be regarded as a serious objection to the theory suggested, i. It is very difficult to find out what the dialectical names do really mean ; " Schabe " in S. Germany means a sort of louse. It is therefore possible that another insect is meant. 2. It is certain that in many cases transference of superstitions has taken place ; the name " black beetle" shows that it has been universally classed among beetles; it has also taken over the superstitions of the beetle family. Cf. Raven, rook, crow, jackdaw.
- EtJmog. R., No. 378.
'MS. note; F., v., 198; Kaindl, p. 105; Z. filr d. Myth., iii., 29; Liebrecht, No. 165, &c.
- Grohmann, No. 524.
- Leoprechting, p. 89 ; Ethnog. R. , No. 399.
^ K L./., i., 258, 394 ; F., ii., 246 ; Owen, p. 317 ; Ethnog. R., No. 394 ; Wander, ii., 1699 ; Arndt, Retse in Schweden, iii., 19.
' Liebrecht, No. 64.
8 Mullenhof, p. 137.
» Globtis, iv., 333.
"> Globus, Ixix., 73.
" Bartsch, Sagen, ii., 186.
'2 MS. note ; Mont. Coll., xii., 56.
De Gubernatis, p. 634 ; Grohmann, No. 596 ; Curtze, p. 182 ; Am Urqttell, iii., 272 ; F., x., 182.
