Index.
549
North America, see Canada ;
Eskimos; United States of North
America Northants, see Helpstone ; Nas-
sington Northumberland, see Beadnell ;
Eyemouth ; Fame islands ;
Humshaugh North-West Provinces of India,
see Benares Norway : folklore collection, 113 Nose : omen from itching, Quebec,
462 Nose-bleeding, amulets for, 233,
350, 495 Notes on West African Categories,
by R. E. Dennett, noticed,
144 Nottinghamshire : {see also Sut-
ton-on-Trent) ; elder wood not
burnt, 356 ; game feathers not
used, 356'; south, Guy, 418-9 November : {see also Guy Fawkes'
Day ; Martinmas) ; annual hjr-
ings, Eng., 423 ; bad birth
month, Quebec, 463 ; 2nd, fire
custom, Derbyshire, 421*; gth,
bonfire day, Eastbourne, 412 Numbers : [see also naynes, e.g.
Four) ; in divination, Japan,
193 ; odd, lucky, Japan, 189 Nureli, All Father, Austraha, 162 Nursery songs : Gaels, 3 88 Nutmeg : as amulet, 232 Nuts, see Fruit and vegetables Nutt, A. : edition of Arnold's
Celtic Literature, 237-40 Nympsfield : Feast, 453 Nzambi, All Father, Africa, 144,
162, 16S-9 Oak-apple Day : Glos., 451-2 Oak-tree : leaves etc. worn, Glos.,
4,51-2 ; The Oak and the
Thunder-God, by \V. Warde
Fowler, 480-1 Oaths : Borneo, 408 ; Burma, 75 ;
Muppans, 39 Oats : preparing seed, Gaels, 501 Oban ; amulet, 59 Obituaries, see In Memoriam Oblations : Greece, 286 October : procession, Worces.,
449-50 ; 29th, Fair, Kent, 353-4 ; ^ 31st, bonfires, 419 Odikal and other Customs of the
Muppans, by F. Fawcett, 33-44
ipl-)
Offord Cluny ; Feast, ^^2 Offord Darcy : Feast, 352 Oliver Cromwell, story of, 353 Olrik, A. : The " Folklore Fellows " : their Organisation and Objects, 11 1-4 Omens : from : — animals, Japan, 195-6 ; apparitions, Chitral, 270, INIanipur, 183-4 '• bells, Kent, 354 ; birds, Kent, 354 ; breakage of mirror, Quebec, 347, or monument, Clare, 207 ; cake in Twelfth Day rite, Herefordshire, 386 ; candle, Kent, 354 ; clock stopping, Devon, 350 ; clothes, France, 346, Herefordshire, 352, Que- bec, 346, 463 ; cooking- utensil, France and Quebec, 346 ; cutting thumb, Quebec, 346 ; date of pubescence. Cochin, 267 ; day of birth, Quebec, 345, 462 ; dreams, France and Quebec, 346 ; first day of sickness, 493-4 ; in- sects, Borneo, 408, Oxon, 357 ; . itching, Quebec, 462 ; knife or scissors falling, France and Quebec, 346 ; marigold, 494 ; moon, Mani- pur, 1 84 ; opening door. Quebec, 346 ; parts of body, Quebec, 347 ; removal of patient, Quebec, 347 ; po- tatoes, Quebec, 3-j6 ; sneez- ing, Japan, 195, Quebec, 346 ; stone axes, Romans, 70 ; sun, Manipur, 184 ; imfolding tablecloth etc., Quebec, 346 ; urine, 493-4 ; wiping hands, France and Quebec, 347 ; of: — death, 493-4, Chitral, 270, Clare, 207, Kent, 354, Quebec, 346 ; disaster, Japan, 195 ; empire, Romans, 70 ; gift, Quebec, 347 ; guests, France, 346, Japan, 195, Oxon, 357, Quebec, 346 ; marriage, Japan, 195, Quebec, 346 ; quarrel, Quebec, 347 ; ship- wreck, Japan, 195 ; weather, Quebec, 346 Ontario : omen, 462 Ophites marble, 47 Oracles : Victoria Nyanza, 136 Orange : in folk-medicine, 232