Index.
559
Veddas : cattle, 290 ; no myths,
18 Veneration of the Cow in India, The, by W. Crooke,. 2, 7, 275-306 Venice treacle, 48 Vervain : in folk-medicine, 491 Vice-Presidents elected, 5 Victoria Nyanza : oracles, 136 ;
worship, 136 Viper, see Snake Virgin Mary : Black V., Savo}',
127 Virginia : souls of chiefs live
again, 29 Vishnu, 59-60, 75 Viza : Lent Carnival, 21 Vizagapatam : totemism, 498 Volkslieder aiis deni Kanton Aar- gau, by S. Grolimund, reviewed, 128-32 Vosges : Christmas belief, 345-6 ;
dream, 346 Votive offerings : China, 269 ; Crete, 74 ; Malays, 78 ; Taurus, 220 Vulture : as totem, India, 498 Wakefield : no guy, 417 " Wakes, see Festivals Wales : [see also Celts ; and under names of counties) ; burial cus- toms, 385 ; calendar customs, 385, 419, 420 ; fairy faith, 254-7 Walnut : in amulet, 231 ; in
riddle, Armenians, 472 Wandsworth : haunted house, iS Wanyamwezi : cult, 137 Wap Sunday, see Low Sunday Wardha : rite at birth, 285 War-gods : Baganda, 136-7 ; Ka- firs, 296 War songs : Mohave- Apache, 172 Warts : charms against, Donegal,
474-5 ; cure for, 491-2 Warundi : cult, 137 Warwickshire, see Birmingham Washing clothes : unlucky. Good
Friday, 444 Wassailing, see Christmastide Water : in rites, Muppans, 36, 42-3 Water-melon : in folk-tale, Ar- menians, 96-7, lOI Water of Life : in folk-tale,
Armenians, 99-100 Water pepper, see Peachwort Water rat : in folk-medicine, 232 Water-spirits : Congo, 512 Watford : modern folklore, 485
Wathen : food taboos, 348
Waziba : cult, 137
Weasel : in magic, Japan, 1S6
Weather lore : amulets, 146 ; omens, see Omens ; thistle in, N. Italy, 6
Week, days of, see under names
Weeks, F. : Scraps of English Folklore, 353
Weeks, J. H. : Customs at Death on the Lower Congo, 215-8 ; Lower Congo Folklore Scraps. 461-2 ; IVIarriage and Birth on the Lower Congo, 347-9
Weeping, ceremonial : Zulus, 271
Wellington (Salop) : Shrovetide custom, 197, 200
Wells and springs : aphrodisiac, Greece, 219 ; healing, Glos., 334-5, 482-4, Melos, 219 ; in magic, Japan, 190, 192-3 ; in New Year custom, Hereford- shire, 385 ; in riddles, Ar- menians, 471 ; sacred, Cappa- docia, 219 ; water changes, Xmas Eve, Channel Is., 505
Wen : amulet for, 234 ; cure for, 490-1
Weobley : animals eat not on Saints' days, 351-2
West : burials to, Assam, 467 ; in magic, Japan, 190
Westbury : church clipping and rhyme, Shrovetide, 197, 199
Westmoreland, see Kendal
Weston, Miss J. L. : reviews by, — Brown's The Bleeding Lance, 1 19-20 ; Jones's King Arthur in History and Legend, 116-7 ; Griffith's Sir Perceval of Guiles, 1 18-9; Jaffray's The Two Knights of the Swan, 120-1
Westropp, T. J. : A Folklore Sur- vey of County Clare, 88-94, 204-15
Wheat, see Corn
Whipping-Toms, 201
Whitby : bones of angels, 46 ; elf- shots, 65 ; snakestones, 50-4 ; thunderbolts, 61
Whitcombe : cheese-rolling, 452-3
White animals, see Cow ; Dog ; Horse
Whit Monday : cheese-rolling, Glos., 452-3
Whitney-ori-the-Wye : hidden
treasure, 351 ; spirit bird, 351
