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avoided, 121, Forts, 120, Men, powers of, 363-4, soldiers, 120, wrath shown by phantom flames, ih. ; snatching up and returning a man, 120
gold of, Greek proverb concern- ing, 182
Hebrides, mass said in glens
against, 261, precautions against, 265
in Indian folktales, 423
Falcon, in Indian folklore, 415, 416
Faroe Isles, elves of, 459
Fate in Greek folklore, 153 ; in In- dian do., 431-3
Fates, of individuals, Greek folktale, 498
the, and Meleager, 453
Father, blessing of, its importance,
495 .
Father Christmas, in Warwickshire
mumming plays, 187, ct sqq. Father, expectant, {see Couvade),
health of, 101 Faughart Church and the fairies, 119 Feast of the Assumption, Cos, 179 ;
Sicily, 253 February, food carried from house to
house, Calymnos, 181 Fees not taken by " wise man," 480,
487 Feet and footmarks, Indian folklore, 440 ; crossed before jumping Mid- summer fires, Cos, 179 Female heirs preferred in China,
229 Fergus mac Roich, a real person,
218 Ferns Castle, Wexford, its builders
and inhabitants, 364 Fetish, defined by Miss Kingsley, 447 : four main divisions of, 448, in relation to witchcraft, ih. Fevers, bears' hairs and claws used
against, 155 Fibs, Feast of, Cos, 177 Fiji, worship of ancestral spirits in,
44 Fine of white bull, 356 Finger and thumb, why " not blessed'
279 Finland, folklore of, 104, national value of, 461 ; magic of, 460; magic songs of, 105, 106, 325, 331 Fire ; Bonfires on St. John's Eve. Cos, 179 ; burning bushes, Wexford, 362 ; burning straw effigy of Judas
at Easter, Cos, 178 ; burnt -offerings to make rain or find treasure, 230 ; Fire-ball at sea, 263 ;
Fire, {see Aryan ; Poker, red hot), ball of at sea, 263, blessed at bed- time, Hebrides, 260, bonfires on St. John's Eve, Cos, 179 ; burning bushes, Wexford, 363 ; burning straw effigy of Judas, at Easter, Cos, 178 ; burnt-offerings to make rain or find treasure, 230 ; in charms, 278, 280, 364 : flames which do not consume, Ireland, 120-122, horse with fiery tail, ib., 362 ; kiln-fire, euphemism for, Hebrides, 265 ; ordeal by, Japan, 310; Place of, in Australian myths, 28, 52 ; request for, Hebrides, 281
customs, Aryan, 139; as com- pared with water customs, 142
god of Japan, birth of, 300
Fires, village and house, folklore of, 139-140
Fish in folklore, {see Salmon, Salmon- trout, Scar, Sturgeon, Tai-fish, Trout,) divination by fi.sh-bones, Greek Isles, 182 ; unlucky to kill when spawning, Hebrides, 273
Fisher folks' May customs, see May Ladies
Fisherman unlucky to go to meet on first day of season, 270
" Fjort, Notes on the Folklore of the," with errata, by R. E. Dennett,
113 Flax-skeins used to stop key-holes,
175
Flies, 208
Flints found in Dorsetshire, 479 : in Egypt, 87
Flood, {see also Deluge), in Indian folktales, 440
Flute, magic, Indian folktales, 420
Flying through the air, Indian folk- tales, 419-20
Folk-charms associated with old Scandinavian gods, 459
Folklore, a comparative study, "Jl, a definition of, "]"], distinction be- tween practical and imaginative elements in, 145, historic method in, 147, a link between past and present, 73, methods of determining value of according to Gomme, 132, et sqq. ; in relation to the govern- ment of native races, 449
Folklore, value of publication, 66
