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Index,
Girl, to win love of, 169, used in
vulture-binding spell, 161
overlooked, Dorset, 488
Girl's figure as Tar Baby 2S5, 2S9,
291-2 Glass pot, the family, Ireland, 1 17 Glastonbury Tor. St. Michael's church
on, 359 Goat, Irish poem, 355 ; as wet-nurse,
Greek folktale, 499 God, Australian natives' ideas on, 6,
7 ; contradictory aspects of in the
Bible, 4, 13 ; evolution of, Lang's
theory on, 2, 3 ; Israelite ideas 4,
5
God of the Everlasting world, cult of in Japan, 318
of Fire, birth of, ib., 300
of Waters, India, 423
Gods of the Baronga, 226-7 > of the Japanese, 300
sacredness of names of, 39
Gold earrings in crescent form, Portu- gal, 457
— — fairy, Greek proverb concerning, 182
tongue of, in Book of Joshua,
no
Gomme, G. L., Ethnological Data in Folklore, 129, a reply to the fore- going, by A. Nutt, 143
Mrs., first Honorary Member,
67
Good folk, the, {see also Fairies) 265
Gourds, 223
Grapes, in tithe-offering, Cos, 179 ;
, 301
Grass, {see Dub-grass), talking, In- dian folktales, 417
Graves of enemies, ploughed up, In- dian folklore, 442 ; lights seen on, Wexford, 362 ; offerings placed on, Greek Isles 180-1
Great Bear, origin of conception of constellation, 340
Greek customs, Australian parallels, 44
(early) folklore, and national
characteristics, 146-7
folklore. Folklore from the
Southern Sporadcs, W. H. D. Rouse, 150; Folktales from the Greek Isles, W. R. Baton, (Lesbos) 495
human sacrifice, 40
Green called Blue, Hebrides, the reason, 265
Green grass, game, funeral origin of
338 Green Gravel, game of, by A. R.
Orage, 112 Greenland, conception in, as to the
Great Bear, 341 Greyhound, the, 362 Grogoragally, son of Baiame, his
attributes, 28, an Australian god,
Groningen, punishment at for dyke- injuring, 360
Ground-hog, 200,
Group, marriage, of the Arunta tribe, Australia, 235 ; traces of group- marriage among the Baronga, 225
Grove, Florence, Christmas Mum- mers, 351
Grove, Miss, suggests local Folklore Meetings in London, 67
Gun, spell shot from, 160
Gunpowder and gun of Sqaktktquaclt, 216
Gurgoyles, reason for, 359
Guru Gorakhnath, 394, divine attri- butes of, 395, magic of, 402
Gugga, tale of, 417 divine attri- butes of, 394
Nanak, Sikh ruler of Fate, 432
Guy Fawkes Day, as a subject of folk- lore study, 77
Gyloudes, a kind of female vampire,
151
Gypsy Folktales, by F. H. Groome, reviewed by A. Nutt, 239
Gypsies, date of their arrival in Britain, 241 ; as diviners and spell- workers, 152
Haarlem, Hartjesdag observances at, 246
Hachi-jo Island, parturition houses in, 310
Hadal demon, Bombay, 173
Hades, need of purification after visit- ing, 301-2
Hag-ridden horses, 487
Haida-Tsimshian tribes, totem of, 374
Hair in folklore, 108, 421, associated with idea of strength, 1 16, of bears, in magic potion, 155 ; human, burnt in charms, 170, 230, 421, combing on Saturday, 183, cutting on Fridays, unlucky, 268
Half-head monster, 171 ; see One- armed
