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441
Rajmahal tribes : purification by means of blood, India, 45
Rajputs : observance of Dasahra festival, 29 ; sword worship, 29
Rakshasa : a malevolent demon, India, 48
Rama : a deified hero, India, 28, 39
Ramlila festival, India, 28, 39
Ravana : a demon, India, 39, 46
Regicide, 350
Regifugium, the, 33
Religious Basis of Social Union, Dr. F. W. Bussell, 339-52
Reviews of books, 101-12, 216-24, 330-4, 418-30
Rickets : cure for, Wales, 213-4
Rites de passage, India, 49-50, 58
Rivers, W. H. R. : History of Melanesian Society, reviewed, 216-20 ; on kinship and social organisation, 134 ; Sun Cult and Megaliths in Oceania, 428
Robber Band, the : in Greece, 353
Rock : worship of, Sussex, 163
Rock-crystal : used as an amulet, 406
Rome : arms festival 54 ; atti- tide of nobles to plebeians, 353
Rose, E. H. and H. J. : Folklore Scraps, England, 210
Rose, H. A. ; Glossary of Tribes and Castes, Punjab and North- West Frontier Province, re- viewed, 1 1 1-2
Roumanian Folk Tales, by Miss F. Browne, 296-329, 389-400
Rouse, W. H. D. : review of E. C. Quiggin, Essays and Papers presented to William Ridgeway, 107-8
Royalty : development of, 350
Run-away Mop, the : Worcester- shire, 95
Sacrifice : see Blood Sacrifice, Human Sacrifice
St. Clement's Day : obser- vances, Worcestershire, 96
St. James of Compostella : his emblem, 409
St. LawTence's Day : observances, Worcestershire, 96
St. Thomas's Day : observances, Worcestershire, 95
St. Valentine's Day : customs at Stratford-on-Avon, 94
Salt : a protective, Berbers, 232
Sami : a sacred tree, India, 36, 55
Samoa : Nature myths from, 172-81
San Sebastian : tree burnt at, 416
Santal tribe : Maghsim festival, 50 ; annual hunt, 52
Saraswati : the goddess, penance done by, 43 ; invoked, 49
Sarsen stones, Sussex, 167
Saturnalia, India, 41
Savages : meaning and etymology of the term, 11 ; mild type of, 13-4 ; predatory type of, 14 ; their mind not defective, 127 ; their interpretation of civilised customs, 1 30 ; their theory of ghosts, 125-6 ; their theory of death, 132
Savara tribe, India, 33
Scapulae : used as charms, Mor- occo, 243
Scottish Folklore : Notes on, 93-4, 208-10
Scribes : charms written by, Ber- bers, 236
Sea-horse : dried, used as an amulet, 409
Serpentine Stone : used in amulets, 409
Shaddai : The Almighty, name of, engraved on amulets, 413
Shamanism, 248
Shawia Berbers : folk beliefs of,
225-54
Shropshire : children's songs, 160 ; wall, legend of, 160
Shrovetide : observances at, 359
Shrove Tuesday : observances, 362-75 ; at Cradley, 95-6
Silbury Hill : legends of, 168, 212
Sisters, the : their function in Primitive Society, 342
Sita, wife of Rama, 39
Skull : representation of, used as an amulet, 414 ; placed on houses, 44
Sleep : of deities, India, 37 ; sleeping in a sacred place, 85
Slug : entering house, stops cook- ing. East Africa, 74
Snail : a protective, Berbers, 235
Snake : guarding ruins. East Africa, 74 ; tale of a venomous, Kent, 157 ; folklore of, India, 171 ; scares evil spirits, 249 ; dreaded in West Indies, 263
