554
Index.
Scientific Aspects of Folklore, The, by W. Crooke, 14-32
Scissors : omen from, France, 346
Scoring a Witch above the Breath, by Mrs M. M. Banks, 490
Scorpion : in folk-tale, Armenians, 100
Scotland : (see als'o Celts ; Hebri- des ; Shetlands ; and under names of counties) ; amulets, 46 ; fairy faith, 254-7 > folk-medi- cine, 46 ; folk-song, 129 ; fossils, 46 ; Henderson's Survivals in Belief among the Celts reviewed, 124-6 ; witchcraft, 64-5
Scraps of English Folklore, VI.,
349-57 Scurvy : amulets against, 233-5 ;
cure for, 494 ; cured by seventh
son, Donegal, 473 ; test for, 494 Scutari : birth customs, 226-7 '>
foundation sacrifice, 227 ;
taboos, 226-8 Scyros : stone floats only when
whole, 78 Sea customs and beliefs : turning
loaf upside down drowns sailors,
Kent, 354 Seasickness : charm against, Japan,
193 Sebillot, P. : notes by, 345-7 Secretary elected, 6 Secret societies : Lower Congo, 461 Selangor : treasure jars, 79 Selous, E. : " The Hair of the Dog
that Bit Him," 229-30 September : {see also Michaelmas) ;
church chpping, (Sunday after
19th), Glos., 203, 444 ; feasts,
Glos., 453-4 Serpent, see Snake Serpentine, name of, 47 Servia : folk-tale, 489 Service-tree : berries as amulets,
233 Seven : in charms, Japan, 189-90,
192-3 ; roads to Other World,
Assam, 467 : 7th d. of 7th m. in
charm, Japan, 189; 7th son can
heal, Donegal, 473 Sevenoaks : beliefs, 354 Seventeenth Century Cures and
Charms, by A. R. Wright, 230-6,
490-7 Several Origins of the Ideas of
Unseen, Personal Beings, The,
by J. H. Leuba, 148-71
Sex and Society, by W. I. Thomas, reviewed, 243
Shakespear, J. : Customs at Death among the Manipuris and Cog- nate Clans, 463-71
Shanakill : burial belief, 211
Shangaans, see Thonga
Shango, god, Yorubas, 72
Shannon river : underground pas- sage, 207-8
Shans : customs after death, 466-7,
470 ; milk disliked, 288 Shape-shifting : Clare, 214 ; Japan,
185 ; Nigeria, 261
Shark : fossil teeth, 48
Sheep : amulets from, 231 ; in carvings, Kafirs, 295 ; in charm, Albania, 225 ; dung in folk- medicine, Tibetans, 270 ; in foundation sacrifice, Albania, 227 ; sacrificed, eaten, India, 299 ; skin in marriage, Romans, 291
Sheepscombe : well, 335
Shells, see Ammonites ; Echini ; Nautili
Shetlands : fire custom, 424
Shevaroy Hills, see Malayall
Shick-shack Day : Glos., 452
Shin Dards, see Dards
Shipwreck : charm against, Japan, 194 ; omen of, Japan, 195
Shirt : in marriage custom, 131
Shoe : in charms, Quebec and Yorks, 462 ; in magic, Japan, 188, 105 ; in riddle, Armenians,
471 ; on table causes quarrel, Kent, 354
Short Bibliographical Notices, 143-4, 271-2, 406-8
Shropshire : [see also EUesmere ; Ludlow ; Wellington) ; 5th Nov., 417 ; saints, 384 ; soul cakes, 421
Shrovetide, see Ash Wednesday ; Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesdaj' : church clipping etc., Eng., 197, 200, 203 ; pan- cake bell, Glos., 444 ; rhyme, Wilts, 198-9
Siam, see Laos
Siberia : (see also Kirghiz) ; marriage, 105
Sikh religion, 303
Silver : (see also Coins) ; offered, Muppans, 43 ; for rubbing cure, Donegal, 473
