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Bairree Ghora. at Indian weddings,
148 Balance Sheet, 29 Ball-games, see Football ; Mexican,
93
Ballad poetry, English, problem of, 47 ; community of incident with that of other countries, 48
Ballads, Danish, see Kristensem.
Bantu fetishism, 161
Barber, the, at Indian weddings, 137, 140, 143.. 144
Barber's wife, at Indian weddings,
147, 149 Bard at Indian weddings, 137, 140,
142, 143, 149, 150 Bardwan district, India, idol theft in,
278 Bare-Stripping Haitgman , the, Gaelic
tale referred to, 271 Barlow T. L. (joint-author), see
McNair. Barrenness, how to avert in brides,
128 Barrett, W. F., Divining Rod, 79 Barwan tribes, Australia, beliefs of,
301 Bases for classifying mental and
moral status of a race, 39 ; for
deductions from folk-literature, 40 ;
for selection of racial elements in
literature, 40 Basket in Indian marriage ceremonies,
140-149 Basuto, kings, duties of, 102 ;
marriage customs, 112 Bataille de Loqinfer, French tale,
267 Beads, blue, to avert Evil Eye, 10 ;
in divination, 16 Beauty and the Dragon, Greek tale,
German parallels, 233 Bechuana custom of feeding chiefs,
103 Beena marriage, 104 Beheading game, the, in tale of
Gawain, 269 Bellerophon's garth, 102 Bells (in Negro embroidery), M.
Peacock, 79 Belshim, Assyrian deity, 167 Benbecula, re-marriage of widows in,
104 Benfey, Professor, 229, 234 Beltene, 216 Bengal, folklore of, magic properties
of hair and clothes, 279 ; rain
ceremony in, 277-280 : Risley's
ethnological work on, 169 Benjamin's "mess" and parallels,
103 Bent, T., cited on Greek tree-bed,
131 Beowulf (poem), its tendency, 42 Bergfolk, Danish folklore, 204, 212,
Bergische Sagen, Gesammelt und mit Atimerkungen heraiisgegeben. Von Otto Schell, reviewed, 342
Berkshire folklore, Kissing Day at Hungerford, 281 ; Wayland the Smith, 42
Bertha-saga, the, discussed, 71
Betrothal customs, India, see India and Marriage Customs
Beyrout, 188
Bheestie at Indian weddings, 150
Bible, see Studies on Biblical Subjects,
Bibliography of works of E. T. Kristensen, 221
Bibliotheca delle Tradizioni Popolari Siciliane, per cure di Giuseppe Pitre, vol. xx. htdovinelli^ Dubbi, Sciolilingiia del Popolo Siciliano, reviewed, 258
Biology as a basis for anthropology and chronology, 261
Biradari, councils of, India, 108, 115
Bird folklore ; Crane, 315 ; Crow, 31 1> 373; Cuckoo, 84; Eagle- hawk, 305 ; Emu, 297 ; Emu- wren, 311 : Jay, 306, 312 ; Mag- pie, 287 ; Owl, 18; Pea-hens, 82; Raven, 18; Superb Warbler, 311 ; Swamphawk, 311 ; Turkey-hen, 82
Birrahgnooloo, wife of Baiame, 393
Birth Customs, Hampshire, 79 j Kol, 170; in the Lebanon, 7, 10, 18; in Wales, 189
Black Sea, Germans on, 74
Black Lad, the, of Ashton-under Lyne, by Mrs. F. H. Griffith, 379
Blanket and house-linen, spinning before marriage, Scotland and Norway, 127
Blessing the crops, etc., in Syria, 51; the fishing. Great Yarmouth, 246
Blood; Bulls', in chastity test, 130; pig's in weaving ceremonies, 124; charm to stop, Danish, 214 ; feuds in Syria, 18 ; the Holy, 360 ; savage horror of, 253, and result, 254
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