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493
Shakspeare' s Pericles atid Apollonius of Tyre, a Study in Comparative Literature, by A. H. Smyth, re- viewed, 416-7
Shape-shifting, of the child-stealing witch, 133,144; of the Devil, 140; of the Evil Spirit, 146
Shearer's coffin, wool placed in, Wiltshire, 346
Sheep, afrit takes form of, Helwan, 391-2 ; carried in procession, 258 ; eaten .ceremonially, 259, at Helwan, 393 ; iire carried sunwise round one found dead, island of Lewis, 447 ; hunted ceremonially, India, 20 ; Iamb hunted, Kidling- ton, 251 ; lamb killed by Kare- lians, July 29th, 260 ; ram hunted locally, 251 ; sacrificed locally, 254, at Helwan, 393, on launch of boat, Egypt, 393 ; as substitute in witchcraft, 238
Shellfish, eaten ceremonially, 259
Shepherd's coffin, wool placed in, Wiltshire, 345-6
Shetland Folk-Lore, by J. Spence, re- viewed by F. Peacock, 316
Shibboleth : Nubians detected by pronunciation, Cairo, 381
Shropshire : {see also Baschurch; and Newport) ; Isat killed, 256; blackbird respected, 239 ; cat sacrificed, 253
Shrove Tuesday, ball playing, Whitby, 21 ; Hahnenschlag, 253
Siam, stone-throwing rites, 19-20
Sicily, lizard respected, 240 ; toad respected, 241, a transformed human being, 236, and kept captive for good luck, 244
Sidor, in Slavonic charm, 139
Sihail, angel in Russian charm, 154-5
Silbury Hill, mounted man in golden armour buried at, 347
Silesia, ass said to be eaten, 259 ; snake and spider respected, 241
Silver rings for epilepsy, Dorset, 112
Silver, wise woman's fee must be in, Dorset, 109.
Simmenthals, Die Krankheit im Volksglauben des, by Dr. H. Zahler, reviewed, 201-2
Sina, see Avezuha
Sirach, in Hebrew charm, 156-7
Sisintlae Indians, sun the ancestor of, 60-1
Sisoe, saint in Rumanian charms, 139-42
Sisynios or Sisynnios, saint in Greek charms, 143-5, 146-8, 153-5
Sisynodoros, saint in Greek charm, 146, 153, 155
Sitamarhi, meteorite worshipped, 37
Siward the bear's son, 234
Ska-ne-o-dyo, prophet of the Iroquois, 190
Skin eruptions of infants due to fairies, Hebrides, 444
Skioldr, Danish cult of, 295
Slalo, see Avezuha
Slavonic folklore : bibliography of, 204 ; cuckoo respected, 240 ; translations of fairy tales reviewed, 313-4
Smith, L. T., obituary of Miss Mary H. Kingsley, 348-50
Snake-bite, cure for, Cyprus, 121 ; Cos, 321
Snake: as ancestral ghost, 177; as house guardian, Egypt, 393 ; at- tracted by whistling after dark, Cairo, 380 ; burnt, 257 ; can be- come a dragon, Korea, 332 ; caught for magic, Hungary, 255 ; clan of Wyandot Indians, 192 ; coupling, fatal to see when, 99, (but cf. 321) ; first seen, killed, W. Sussex, 254 ; form of soul, 235 ; killed, Ortenau, 256 ; as life index, 237 ; liking for melon explained, Cairene folktale, 377 ; measles caused by slain snake, Merthyr Tydvil, 322; respected locally, 241 ; slain by Krishna, 12 ; survivals of worship in Egypt, 392-3 ; when very old, wings develop, Cairo, 380; white, found at Eye Kettleby, 321
Snake's horn as charm, Cyprus, 120-5 ; Cos, 321
Solomon, King, in Cairene folktales, 378-9 : in legend of child-stealing witch, 157-9
Somersetshire, first animal seen killed, 254; witchcraft, 11 1-2
Somnambulists, baptismal water poured on, Kilmartin, 445
Songbirds, see Birds
Soul, animal forms of, 235 ; leaving sleeping body, Dorset, iio-i
Soultado, seaport in Greek folktale, 338
Sour grapes : Cairene parallel story of cat and meat, 382
South America, see Amazon ; Peru and Terra del Fuego
