Index.
November 5th, mock combat on, Mailborough, 21
Nubians ridiculed in Cairene stories, 356
Numeria or Arabia, in Greek charm, 146
Nursery rh)Tnes, Cairene, 383
Nursery song, Hindu, 219
Nusmeta, the Piouse of Myths, house of gods of Bella Coola Indians, 300
Nuts, magic, in Greek folktale, 344
Nutt, A., reviews by, Carmichael's Ca7-mi7ia Gadelica, 419-21 ; Klop- per's Folklore in England und Amerika, 3 1 2-3 ; Kohler's A7ez;;£?£ Schriften, 104 ; Campbell's Super- stitions of the Highlands and Islajids of Scotland, 422-3
Oak tree, Stettin, 82
Obituaries ; Miss Mary H. Kingsley, by L. T. Smith, 348.50 ; Rt. Hon. F. Max Mliller, by W, Crooke, 459-60 ; Lieut. -Gen. Pitt-Rivers, by G. L. Gomme, 185-7
Obituary notices : Dr. Brinton, 52-3 ; Mr. Grant Allen, 53-4
Obizuth, child-stealing witch, 158-60
October, hare hunted, Llanfechain, 250 ; 1st, squirrel hunted, Wot- yaks, 251
Odam, see Lilith
Odin, see Othin
Ogresses and ogres in Greek folk- tales, 1 15-9, 341-4, 453 ; in Grettis Saga, 406, 410, 413
Oil, to consecrate sacred stones, 198
Ojibways, nianitous of, 59
Oldenburg, dog's tail cut to pro- tect from witchcraft, 457 ; mag- pie shot to avert flies, 255
Olive tree, in Rumanian charm, 14 1 ; in Greek charms, 143, 147
Omaha Indians, origin of totems of, 59 ; behef about blood, 180
Omens, from animals, 246; from coffee, 381 ; from smoke and fire, 18 ; of death, Wiltshire, 344-5 ; of fall avoided, Marathi tale of, 99 ; of fate of patient from floating of dish, island of Lewis, 446 ; W. Scotland, 422
Ontario, Archaological Reports, i8g8-g, reviewed, 190-3
Ossory, wolf clan, 232
Othin, cult of, 81-8, 282-3
Overlooking, see Evil eye
Owl, in clan legend ofN.W. Canada, 63 ; caught and carried round, W. England, Valentine's Day, 251 ; hunted, Suffolk, 251 ; respected, Mecklenburg, 241 ; sacrificed locally, 253 ; transformed man, 236
Ox, black, respected, Germany, 241 ; carried in procession, 258; black, dies with owner, 237 ; eaten cere- monially, 259 ; in folktales, 204 : in Cairene folktale, 395 ; in Rumanian charm, 131
Oxfordshire : {see also Kidlington) ; deer feasts, 260 ; deer hunted, Whitsuntide, 250
Oxyrrhinchus or binni fish, Cairene saying of, 383
Paedopnictria, see Gylo
Painswick dog pie, 259
Palmyra (Pa.), divining rods for metals, 434-5
Pamphlets presented to Folklore Society, see Books
Panjab, prevalence of Krishna wor- ship in, 2
Papers read, 39, 42, 44, 183-4, 225-6,
353 Pariahs and Hanumiin, 218 Paris Exhibition, 1900, Folklore
Congress at, 126, 427-33 Parsis, fling nail parings out of doors,
99 Partasah, see Lilith Partridge, feathers not used in bed,
243 Partinamit, Guatemala, black ora- cular stone at, 34 Paton, W. R., Cropping Animals'
Ears, 456-7 ; Folktales from
/Egean, 113-9, 333-44, 452-6;
Folklore from Calymnos, 221 ;
Medical Superstition : Snakes, 321 ;
Month-names, 209 Patrota, see Lilith Pays rouchi, tit killed, 256 Pawang or medicine man, Malay,
307 Peacock, sacrificed to Woden,85 Peacock, E., Sunwise Processions,
220 Peacock, F., review by, Spence's
Shetland Folk- Lore, 316 Peacock, M., The Bumble-bee in
Magic, 438 ; More Snake Lore,
