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Index.
Running water, see Rivers and streams Rushlight stand, Eccleshall, 130 Russia: {see also Crimea ; Esthonia ;
Finland ; Georgia ; Tarashchausk ;
and Transcaucasia); folktales. 293;
rain-making, 161, 433 ; spell for
war, 158 Rutlandshire : folklore from, 478 ;
traditional rites, 200 Ruvo : krater from, 287
Sabai island : totem clans, 355 Sabre, in charm necklace, Yemeii
Jews, 191 {plate) Sacrifice :
burnt, white poplar used for, Elis,
297 ; animal, — as foundation sacrifice, 441-2 ; for repose of dead, Armenia, 438-9 : head does duty for body, 431 ; of bee, Bulgaria, 441 ; of buffalo calf, Todas, 169; of cows at Great Dsedala, Greeks, 307 ; of ox at death, Basutos, 256 ; skin known as fleece of Zeus, Greeks, 272 ; skin slept on for oracle, Oropus, 272 ; victim must be without blemish, Greece, 376; htanan, — amongst Greeks, 392-3, and Arcadians, 408 ; at Thar- gelia, Athens, 407 ; coins under foundation ransom for, 442; head of dead Jew cast into pool as rain charm, Ourfa,43i ; of consecrated men or Zanes, Greeks, 384-5 ; of virgin as foundation sacrifice, 441-2 ; traces of, St. John's Eve, Kincardineshire, 106; offerings when cutting down silk cotton tree, Jamaica, 209 ; offerings to maternity spirit, Basutos, 249 ; to rocks, Guernsey, 121 ; to sceptre of Zeus, Chaeronea, 371; treasure finding requires loss of life, Ireland, 340-1 ; at Wharekura school, Maoris, 17 " Saghd bush," see \Vhitethorn St. Andre parish, Guernsey : nick- name, 123 St. Andrew (Jamaica) : folklore from,
450-2 St. Cloud : gingerbread, 130 St. David's : harvest custom, 195 St. George's Day : customs on, 428 St. Ives (Corn.): "back-footed" belief, 348
St. John : legendary connection with bath-house, 442
St. John's Eve : bonfires, Kincardine- shire, 105-6
St. Martin parish, Guernsey : nick- name, 123
St. Moling and the Devil, 34
St. Paul in charm to find thief, Jamaica, 93
St. Peter : in charm to find thief, Jamaica, 93 ; in charm for tooth- ache, Pembrokeshire, 129, 197, Ross-shire, 350
St. Pierre-du-Bois parish, Guernsey, 123
St. Pierre Port parish, Guernsey; nickname, 123
St. Samson parish, Guernsey : nick- name, 123
St. Sauveur parish, Guernsey : nick- name, 123
St. Thomas' Day : firstfruits, feast of, Armenia, 443-5 ; new grapes not eaten before, Jacobite Syrians,
443-5 Salamis : cult of "god of rout," 374 Saliva, 5^£ Spitting
Salmon : word unlucky at sea, Fife- shire, 96
Salmoneus, King, see King Salmoneus
Salt: drives " Lurigadaun " out of churn, Tipperary, 459 ; in exor- cism of disease &c. demons, Jeru- salem, 188 ; in gun to shoot duppy, Jamaica, 94 : in magic, 362 ; sprinkled on broom makes visitor leave, Jamaica, 208 ; walking on unlucky, Jamaica, 451
Salutation : after new moon cere- mony, Jerusalem, 187
Sambhur : in story of Kuzkarv, Todas, 172, 174
Samoa islands : contact with Rotuma, 218
Samos : Hercea renamed Lysandrea, 302
Samothrace : temporarj' priestly kings, 394
Samsat : folklore from, 428
Sandwich islands : {see also Hawaii) ; offering before Capt. Cook, 130
Sanaa : evil eye formula, 193
Sand sprinkled before door at night averts duppies, Jamaica, 208
Sarapis, three-headed hound of, 291
Sarasvati, goddess of learning, India, 223
