From the feet of the dance mountain, where the sea-storms gathered, mermaids, water-sprites and sea-nixies emerged from the oceans, lakes, pools, from the rivers and wells which they otherwise tended so conscientiously, and rushed to the great main parade of the witches, where they took lively part in the merry doings.

Dancing and singing they wound garlands from nine different flowers and threw them as joyous greeting way back into their ocean, into their lakes, pools, rivers and wells.