W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, pp. 313 _sq._
H. von Wlislocki, _Volksglaube und religiöser Brauch der Zigeuner_ (Münster i. W., 1891), pp. 148 _sq._
E. T. Dalton, _Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal_, p. 261.
B. A. Gupte, “Harvest Festivals in honour of Gauri and Ganesh,” _Indian Antiquary_, xxxv. (1906) p. 61.
W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, pp. 315 _sq._
W. R. S. Ralston, _Russian Folk-tales_, p. 345. As to Green George see above, pp. 75 _sq._
W. R. S. Ralston, _Songs of the Russian People_, p. 234.
W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, p. 318; J. Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_, 4th ed., ii. 657.
A. de Nore, _Coutumes, mythes et traditions des provinces de France_, pp. 17 _sq._; Bérenger-Féraud, _Réminiscences populaires de la Provence_, pp. 1 _sq._
A. Meyrac, _Traditions, coutumes, légendes et contes des Ardennes_ (Charleville, 1890), pp. 79-82. The girl was called the Trimouzette. A custom of the same general character was practised down to recent times in the Jura (Bérenger-Féraud, _Réminiscences populaires de la Provence_, p. 18).
F. A. Reimann, _Deutsche Volksfeste im neunzehnten Jahrhundert_ (Weimar, 1839), pp. 159 _sq._; W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, p. 320; A. Witzschel, _Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuche aus Thüringen_, p. 211.
W. Kolbe, _Hessische Volks-Sitten und Gebräuche im Lichte der heidnischen Vorzeit_ (Marburg, 1888), p. 70.
_Bavaria, Landes- und Volkskunde des Königreichs Bayern_, iv. 2, pp. 359 _sq._ Similarly in the Département de l’Ain (France) on the first of May eight or ten boys unite, clothe one of their number in leaves, and go from house to house begging (W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, p. 318).
E. Hoffmann-Krayer, “Fruchtbarkeitsriten im schweizerischen Volksbrauch,” _Schweizerisches Archiv für Volkskunde_, xi. (1907) p. 252.
W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, p. 322; W. Hone, _Every-Day Book_, i. 583 _sqq._; T. F. Thiselton Dyer, _British Popular Customs_, pp. 230 _sq._
W. H. D. Rouse, “May-Day in Cheltenham,” _Folk-lore_, iv. (1893) pp. 50-53. On May Day 1891 I saw a Jack-in-the-Green in the streets of Cambridge.
W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, p. 323; H. Herzog, _Schweizerische Volksfeste, Sitten und Gebräuche_ (Aarau, 1884), pp. 248 _sq._
A. Birlinger, _Volksthümliches aus Schwaben_, ii. 114 _sq._; W. Mannhardt, _Baumkultus_, p. 325.