Chapter VIII: (Wiidǝr aa˛geschmiirt), to the Philological Society,

on communicating this paper, 3 June, 1870, Dr. E. Mall, an Alsatian, who was present, remarked that it reminded him throughout of his native dialect, of which he thoroughly recognized the pronunciation. I may remark that I have never heard PG. pronounced, although I have heard Austrian, Saxon, Rhenish, Bavarian, and Swiss dialects, and read solely by the phonetic orthography here given.--_A. J. Ellis._

[56] F. E. Petri (Handbuch der Fremdwörter, 1845) explains _Spargimént_ or _Spargemént_ as "ein ausgestreutes Gerücht, Ausgesprenge, Geträtsch oder Gerede; Aussprengsel," in short, _gossip_ or _idle talk_, evidently from Latin _spargere_.--_A. J. Ellis._

[57] Compare Goethe's _Faust_--

_Faust._ Mein schönes Fräulein, darf ich wagen,
Meinen Arm und Geleit Ihr anzutragen?

_Margarete._ Bin weder Fräulein, weder schön,
Kann ungeleitet nach Hause gehn.--_A. J. E._

[58] Scarcely PG., 'kǝp' (G. kopf) being used.

[59] See Pulleyn's Etym. Compendium, 1853, at BONE-FIRES. [See also, Jacob Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_, pp. 567-597, for fires generally, and pp. 583-593, for these Midsummer fires in particular.--_A. J. Ellis._]