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Index.
Bridle rattling, a portent of bad news,
203 Brittany and the Bretons, folklore of,
98, 160, 175, 238, 348, 365 Brize Norton, Whit-hunt, 311,
morris-dances of, 317 Broken limbs, cure for, 16 Bronze vessel or brazen crock. Ares
imprisoned in, 349, or various
alternatives, 350, and analogues,
353 Brown paper and vinegar, cure for
scarlatina, 390 Browning, Robert, and the ' princess
oversea ' theme, 306 Buddha, {see the Jataka) 366 Buddhaghosha, his commentary on
the Galha, 259 Buddhism 369,
Buddhist rite, use of thread in, 343 Buffalo-dance, of the Mandan Indians,
Bulgaria, folklore of, 352
Bull, the, of Anteuil, 364
Burford, (Oxon) hunting rights of 310, how maintained, 312
Burial {see Death and Funeral cus- toms) of the Dead Horse at sea, 281
Burial superstition. A, in county Cork, by Kate Lawless Pyne, 180
Burne, (Miss C. S.) referred to and cited, 70, 340, 347, More Stafford- shire Superstitions, 91
Burning dead men's bedding, 206
Burton, (Sir Richard F. ,) {see also Arabian Nights), on Dahomeyan evocatio deortan, 335, on the Bo Idol, 352, on Dahomeyan worship, 353
Butter, clarified, and ghi, 328, 329, 357
Buttermilk, cure for ringworm, 390
Byzantine history, in existing Greek folklore, 274
Cabbage used medicinally, 389 Cabsow, ball game at Cleethorpes,
73
' Cagmag,' suggested derivation for,
160
Cagots, the, in relation to the rope- makers of Brittany, 160
Cairns, emit flames, 253
Cakes, of Italian witches, 7, of Oxfordshire seasonal festivals 309, 312, 316, crown-cakes, 313, 314, Tainswick ' B(5w-wow ' cakes, 391
Cambridgeshire folklore, 184
Camorra. the, I, 4
Camors, folklore of, 348
Camp-fire, its sacredness, 54
Campbell, (J. M. )> f>n modern In- dian god -induction ritual, 329
Campbell, (J. G. ) tale of Mac Iain Direach, 305
Canada, Ethnographical Survey Com- mittee appointed, 23
Canobus, worshipped in Egypt as a
j'ir. 353 Cars of idols, 337
Carn Bhan, ghostlyilights at, 253, 254 Carrying images in procession, under- lying idea, 337 Cart, invisible, its rumble a funeral
portent, 203 Caste, Indian, in literature, 161 Cats, black, witches as, 3, blood of
as cure, 387, Irish view of, 387 Cavan, medicinal folklore of, 389 Celtic agricultural sacrifice, 44, 47, 367, fairies, agricultural in char- acter, 47, god, Nuad, 341, custom of fighting the waves, 339, litera- ture, its study urged, 369, myth uninfluenced by Roman, 51, its own influence on English folklore
S3 Celtic Doctrine, The, of Re-birth, by
Alfred Nutt, reviewed, 365 Ceylon, devil-dances in, 8, procession
of the spear in, 337 Chained images, 263, 338, 341, 342,
343. 350, 351 Chances, The, of Death, and other
Studies in Evolution, by Prof.
Karl Pearson, reviewed, 370 Chand Jatra, festival of Jagganath,
333
Change (money) refused by witches, 6
Changelings, 33, in relation to sacri- fice, 47
Chant of the • dead horse,' with music, 282
Charlbury, WTiit-hunt, 311
Charm for the Evil Eye, by Mary H. Del)enham, 92
Charms {see Cakes, Mantras, and Spells) African, 131, Breton, 98, against croup, 390, defined, 65, cxhibhed, i, 18, 98, 131, 194, 195, described, 88-90, Italian, 1-9, 377, Siamese, 18, 88-90
Charms from Siam, (///.) by M- C. Ffcnnell, 88
