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Index.
war, Sad end of" ; " Tiai inaugu- rated funeral ceremonies." Bamboo arrows of Torres Straits, 77 ;
knives of New Guineans, 76 ; used
as vessels in New Guinea, 190 Baptismal name, Abyssinian conceal- ment of, 273 Barclay (Isabella), "Zanzibar parallel
to Jacques de Vitry," 515-516 Bargaining at bridals among Mord-
vins, 439 Barley, Russian custom of covering
bride with, 459 Earth (Auguste) et James Darme-
steter, "How they Met Them- selves," 227-233 Baskets, New Guinean method of
carrying, 63, 80 Basuto superstition of preserving
grass on which an ally has sat, 159 Bath, Tale of Wife of (variant of
" Frog-Prince" tale), 501 Bathing the bride, Mordvin ceremony,
448
Bats, Torrean folk-tale of men trans- formed into, 79 Bavaria, broom superstitions in, 157
, succession custom in, 201
Bear, Finnish accounts of origin of,
24-29
Beast skins, custom of dressing in, 13 Bed, belief that it is disgraceful to
die in, 203 Begging for apples on All Souls' Eve,
315; by women on St. Thomas's Day,
321
Beheading knife of New Guinea, 77 Berchta, dame, Twelfth Night spirit,
213-214 Betrothal purchase custom at Pos-
nau, 478 feast Mordvin, 456 ; Kal-
muk, 456 presents, Manchu ceremonies
connected with, 484, 485 Bia, migration of (Torres Straits' tale)
174-175, 190 Bibliography of Folk-Lore, 137-144,
281-288, 410-416, 525-530 Birch, Finnish magic song of, origin
of, 336 Bird, Badu legend of woman giving
birth to, 50 Bird- marriage, Russian folk- tale of,
475 Birds, totemistic prohibition against
eating, 10 Birth, Greek customs connected with,
523
Birth of Fin Maccumhail (West High- land tale), 257
of Kusa Kap (Nagu tale), 49-53,
76-77
Birthday cards, Manchu exchange of, before marriage, 484
Black (G. W.), "Player's Supersti- tions," 276-277
Black, Brown, and Grey (Fenian tale), 257
Horse (Highland marcken),
370-371
Blacksmith, synonymous with wizard in Abyssinia, 273
Blindness a mythical punishment for curiosity, 208-214
Blood, vengeance required for death by shedding of, 206
Blood-feud, payment for bride to avoid, 454
Blood-offering to Finnish water-spirit, 18
Blore Heath, tradition of, battle of, 319
Blore Pipe, tradition of Duke of Buckingham at, 318
Boeotia, keeping Easter in, 275
Boeotian custom of burning axle of bride's chariot, 459
Bohemia, wife-purchasing in, 478
immorality of early inhabi- tants of, 466
Boigu, island inhabited by spirits of dead (Torres Straits belief), 78
Bombay, broom superstitions in, 157
Bonfires, jumping over, Greek custom of, 520
Boots, burial of, of dead men to lay ghost, 135-136
Bosnia, marriage by abduction in, 476
Botida, Abyssinian blacksmith attd wizard, 274
Boundaries, importance of, in study of folk-lore, 314-317
Boys and Girls, Solomon distin- guishes between, 133-134, 354, 356
Bozon, Les Contes Moralises de Ni- cole (Review), 270-271
Bread, Mordvin marriage ceremonies connected with, 426, 428, 431, 439- 440. 444, 446, 449 ; custom of woo- ing by, 455
Brendan legend, 237-238
Breton variant of " Frog-Prince," 493- 496
Bridal chair, Manchu, 486
Bride, Manchu ceremony of inspect- ing, 483
