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Index.
FAIR, Brown aiid Trembling, 256 Fair of Fair Maidens (Chan Fan,
China), 364
Fairy animals. See " Eashin Coatie." - birth legend, 207-8
cures, 301
eye-salves, 208, 209
hill, 300
punishments, 208. 209
tales, English 'and Scotch,
289-312
tasks. See " Nicht Nought
Nothing." Fairies, assistance of, 303
drowned at Ferry, 276
Family communism of early Slavs,465 Farmers, superstitions of Greek, 161 Fascination and hypnotism (letters),
274, 405 Father-in-law, visit of Mordviu, 434
not allowed to see bare feet
of Mordvin woman, 450
Feasts, Manchu marriage, 486, 489
Feet of mother-in-law washed by Chinese bride, 366
, Mordviu prohibition of bare,
in wives, 450
Ferjiaus in Castle of Fear Dubh, Fin Maccumhail and (West Highland tale), 257
Fern-seed, superstitious connected with, 279
Ferry, drowning of Scotch fairies at, 276
Ffynnon Elian, divination at, 131
Fin Maccumhail, birth of, 257; and Fenians of Castle Fear Dubh, 257; and knight of full Axe, 257; and Gilla na Grakin, 257; aud seven brothers, 257; and son of King of Alba, 257
Finch, Finnish belief that bear was rocked by a, 24
Finn, accounts of origin of Bear, 24-29 ; Cat, 30 ; Dog, 30-31; Elk, 31-32 ; demons of, 32-33 ; Horse, origin of, 33; Pig, 34; Seal, 34; Wolf, 35-37; Snake, 37 45; Viper, 45-46; Lizard, 331-334; Snail, 33 i; Raven, 334-335; Titmouse,
335 ; Pike, 336 ; Cabbage-worm,
336 ; Wasp, 336 ; Birch, 336 ; Flax, 337-338 ; Oak, 338-342 ; Trees, 343-348 ; Copper, 348
Finno-Ugrian marriage customs similar to Mordvin, 451, 455
Finns, corn charms of, 18 ; varieties of charms used by wizards of, 19 21
Finns, hunter's charms of, 17 ;
water-cure charm, 18 , magic songs of, 17-46, 331-
348 , marriage by purchase among,
453 Firbolgs and Tuatha de* Danann,
conflicts between, 244-245 Fire and Totems, origin of (New
Guinea legend), 185, 195 , Polish brides conducted
round, 460 , shelter of goods after a,
refused at Kwongsai, 364 Fire-house, sacrilege to steal swallow's
nest from, 279
Fire-myth of Torres Straits, 185, 195 Fisherman's son and Gruagach of
Tricks, 257 Fish*market made to prognosticate
success, China, 360 Flax, Finnish magic songs of origin
of, 337-338
Flesh, feeding of magic bird with, 505 Floreut, Gower's tale of, Frog-Prince
story in, 500 Flowers, use of, on May-day in Greece.
518 Folk-lore bibliography, 137-144 ; 281-
288 ; 410-416 ; 5*5-530
, collection of English, 313-330
, importance of geographical
boundaries in, 314-317; relation of
history to, 317-322 ; methods of
collecting, 322-330
from Cairo, 521-523
, notes on Chinese, 359-368
Folk-lore Society, annual meeting of,
398-402 Folk-songs, report on Italian, 261-
267 Folk-tale and its foundation in usage,
Highland, 197-206
, recent research on, 108-117
Food offered to propitiate Finnish
deities, 17
Footprint superstitions, 157 Fortune-tellers' employed at Manchu
marriages, 484 Fowl (white) given to appease ghost
of mother died in childbed, 361 Foxes, flying, Badu dead transformed
into, 58
France, King of, and Fin Maccum- hail (West Highland tale), 257 Frazer (J. G.), " Some popular super- stitions of the Ancients," 145-171 ;
Easter in Greece," 275-276; ' High- land superstitions iu Inveruc^.j
