40. Chappell, Pop. Music of the Olden Time, p. 589.--_French_
(Canada), Gagnon, p. 223.--_Swedish_, Arwiddson, iii. 369.
42. _German_ usages, Rochholz, pp. 172-174. Meier, p. 93.--In
Middle Ages, Zingerle, pp. 32, 33.--_Italian_, Corazzini,
pp. 93, 94.--Drawing lots by spires of grass is probably the
"Erbelette" of Froissart; see Celnart, p. 105, "L'Herbette
Joliette."--_Spanish_, Marin, i. 123.