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Index.
Beating, ceremonial : Palestine, 293
Beating the bounds, 263
Beaver : in folk-tale, Samoyeds,
142 Bechuana : molemo, meaning of, 151 ; widow, protective rites by, 160 Bedstaff : in charm against witch- craft, 150 Bedstead : vampire, Wales, 121 Bedu : marriage customs, 265, 270-
82 (plate) Beetle : suicide reincarnated as, Garos, 262 ; in witch-finding, Congo, 459 Beggars : lodging right, Needwood
Forest, 27 Behring Straits, see Eskimo Beit Jala : wedding attire, 288 Belemnite : as amulet, Surrejs 7 Belgium: (see also Antwerp; Brus- sels ; Flanders ; Ghent) ; van Heurck's and Boekenoogen's Histoire de Vimagerie populaire Flamande reviewed, 527-9 ; Palm Sunday, 410-1 Bell : in folk-tales, Ireland, 185 ; omen from, Sicily, 174 ; ringing, Lanark, 92, Worcester, 263 Bellringers : Garland Day, Castle- ton, 20-1, 25 Benbecula : divination, 443-4 Bengal, see Assam ; Chutia Nag- pur Beri : folk-medicine, 325 Berkshire, see Bagley Wood Bethlehem : wedding attire, 287-8 Beth-shemesh : plague caused by
curiosity, 151 Betley Hall : hobbyhorse, 248 Bhera : saint's tomb, 86 Bhut Majra : folk-medicine, 323 Bhuts, India, 178
Bibliography : annual, 10 ; of folk- lore of United Kingdom, 40-1 Bini, see Edo
Birch-broom custom, Surrey, 38S Birch-tree: god -images from,
Lapps, 78 Birds in folklore : (see also Blue jay ; Butcher - bird ; Crow ; Cuckoo ; Dove ; Eagle ; Eagle- hawk ; Fish-hawk ; Fowls ; Fran- colin ; Goatsucker ; Goose ; Hawk ; King crow ; Kingfisher ; Kite ; Magpie ; Nightingale ; Night-jar bird ; Ostrich ; Owl ;
Peacock ; Raven ; Robin ; Sea- gull ; Turkey cock ; Wakhem- bam ; Wood-pigeon ; Wren) ; en- chanted, Clare, 483 ; in folk-tales, 141 ; omens from, see Omens ; sacrificed, Garos, 262 ; as totem, New Guinea, 533 ; Wales, 117-8
Birohar : folk-medicine, 333
Birth customs and beliefs : {see also Omens ; Twins) ; barren- ness cured by iidembo, Congo, 467 ; body of newly-born as amu- let, Eskimo, 177 ; child slain if mother dies, Assam, 301 ; cou- vade, Ulster, 232-3 ; delivery aided by amulet, India, 333, fetish power, Congo, 461, 466, sanctified water, India, 329 ; first food given by father, Assam, 309 ; gennas, Assam, 305, 308-9 ; nganga, Congo, 461, 466; parentage de- termined by payment. Banks'" islands, 47 ; pregnancy rites, Assam, 310, Banks' islands, 46-7, East Africa, 123 ; rite against weakly children, Congo,. 464, 469 ; tabus, Assam, 306, 308 ; in Wales, 118
Birth of Humility, The, by R. R. Marett, reviewed, 523-4
Bismarck Archipelago : (see also New Britain) ; 537
Bissu plant : in charm against fevers, India, 505
Black animals, see Bull ; Dog j Horse
Blackberry : spoiled at Michaelmas, Clare, 481
Black Sea, see Leuk^
Blacksmith : fetish from forge, Congo, 466 ; as healer, India, 85 ; Hephaistos as smith, 66
Black thread amulet, German)', 438
Bladen, W. Wells : exhibits, 6
Bladon : right of way, 32
Bleeding, see Blood-letting
Blenheim Park : septennial festi- val, 32
Blessings : Athens, 531
Blindness : god who cures, Garos, 261
Blithfield : Christmas sports, 39-40
Blood : in charms, Congo, 457, England, 376 ; drunk, 164, Africa, 161 ; of Gorgon, 151 ; offered, Crete, 137 ; in . rite against evil dream, Assam, 262 ;
