Index.
557
Vampires: Assam, 413, 420 ; China, 520
Vancouver : folk-song, 86
Vegetables, see Fruit and vegetables
Venkatasvami, M. N. : Two Hindu Singing Games, 337-40
Venus (planet) : myth of origin, Eskimo, 378 ; wife of moon. Lower Congo, 477
Veroffentlichungi'n aus dem Stddt- ischen Volker-museum Frankftirt avi Main: Die Aranda ttnd Loritja- Stdvime in Zentral- Australien, II Teil, by I. C. Strehlow, reviewed,
125-7
Veys : crocodiles fed, 128 ; proverbs, 128 ; river bars entrances to spirit land, 128
Vianga : competitive giving, 468
Vice-Presidents, election of, 4
Victoria, see Kurnai tribe
Violet : as Easter-egg pattern, Rou- manians, 301, 303 (plate)
Virgin Mary, The : birth from head of, Ireland, 359 ; in Easter-egg legends, Roumanians, 297
Viscerae have souls, China, 520
Viti Levu : Nanga cult, 254
Vollan : strength -belt, 335; tale of
huldi'e-ioV^, 333 Voluspa : done into English out of the Icelandic of the Elder Edda, by A. K. Coomaraswamy, reviewed, 366-7
Wa tribe : head-hunting, 143 Wailwan tribe : folk-tale, 485, 487 Wainimala : sacred stone enclosure,
155
"Wakes, see Festivals
Wales : folk-tale, 106 ; tea grounds in horse-shoe shape lucky, 95 ; Evans" The Text of the Black Book of Car- marthen revievfed, 1 10-4
Walking-stick ; in folk-tales, Assam, 406, 410
Wallaroo, see Kangaroo
Wallaroo and the Willy-wagtail, The : a Queensland Folk-Tale, by R. H. Mathews, 214-6
Walnut-tree : black dye from walnuts, Roumanians, 300 ; leaves as Easter- egg pattern, Roumanians, 301
Wansdyke : made by devil, 80
Wanyoro : arch over place struck by lightning, 484
War customs and beliefs : Lower Congo, 34-40, 466 ; Melanesia, 253
Warend : birth pains transferred by
witchcraft, 321 Warts : cure for, Wilts, 80 Washfield : burial of amputated limb,
226 ; opening windows &c. for the
dead, 229 Washing clothes : unlucky on Holy
Thursday, Worcestershire, 345,
Yorkshire, 349 Washing hands : unlucky for two in
same water, Worcestershire, 346 Water : (see also Baptism ; Lakes ;
Lustration ; Rain ; Rainwater ;
Rivers and streams ; Springs ; attd
Wells) ; buried treasure takes refuge
in, India, 211 ; cult of Children of
the Water, Fiji, 253 ; running, in
charm against whooping cough,
Durham, 72 ; south-running, cures
bad eyes, Durham, 72 Water serpent : Conan's fight with,
108-9, slain by St Patrick, 109 Water spirits : Lower Congo, 465,
477-9 ; stop water-wheel, Norway,
328 Wathen : circumcision, 304, 306-7 ;
games, 457-8 ; market, 42 ; secret
society, 198 ; tabus, 308-9 ; war
customs, 34-5 Wax myrtle : candle from burnt,
Christmas Night, 499 Weasel : in folk-tales, Africa, 440-1 Weathercock : in saying, Stafford- shire, 220 Weather-lore, see Hail ; Lightning ;
Omens; Rain; Storms; andWmds Weaving : cloth woven by sea spirits.
Lower Congo, 479 Wedding cake, see Cakes Wedding customs and beliefs, see
Marriage customs and beliefs Wednesfield : flies as death omen,
220 ; sayings against Shropshire,
220 Week : {see also under names of days') ;
four market days. Lower Congo,
34, 41, 465
Weeks, Rev. J. H. : The Leopard in the Maize-farm : a Lower Congo Folk-Tale, 209-11 ; Notes on Some Customs of the Lower Congo People, 2, 7, 32-63, 181-201 (plates), 304-11, 457-80
Wellington (Salop) : rosemary thrown into grave, 219
Wemyss : game. New Year's Day, 481
