Index.
451
Aurora Borealis : beliefs about, Hebrides, 41
Australia : {see also Carpentaria, Gulf of; New South Wales ; Queensland ; South Australia ; Torres Straits ; Victoria ; and West Australia) ; ancestors not worshipped, 359; Aus- tralian Marriage Systems, by A. Lang, 338, 398-402 ; Daramulun a lame god, 88-9 ; food supply needs aid of magic, 394; germinal Supreme Being of aborigines, 16-23 '■> initia- tion ceremonies, 240 ; Kurnai women kill sex totems of backward wooers, 362 ; spirits, aboriginal belief in, 20 ; totemism without "clan marks," &c., 358; totems not incarnations of gods, 354-5
Austro-Hungary, see Transylvania
Autumn : ' lifting' rites, 250-1 ; say- ing, Hebrides, 38
Avalon : village sobriquets, 384
Avon (Hants), valley of : " totem stones," 3
Axe : in charm against stye, Hebri- des, 58
Babylon, birthplace of Antichrist, 129
Babylonian chronology, 443
Backwards : children should not so walk, Hebrides, 31
Bahkunjy tribe, religious beliefs of, 18-9
Baiame, Australian deity, 355
Bajang, familiar spirit, Kedah, 150
Baking lucky on Good Friday and 5 next Fridays, Kennet Valley, 423
BalanceSheetofFolk-Lore Society, 11
Balivanich : charm from, 59
Ballads, traditional, see Folk-songs
Balochi Folklore, by M. Longworth Dames, 225-6, 252-74
Balochistan, j-^f Chachar; Choti Bala ; Fort Munro; Garmaf; Gwadar; Jaafir tribe; Kalat;Nezagh Khushta: Phailawagh ; Quetta ; Sibi ; and Sohrl Khushtagh
Bamburgh : bride jumped over stool, 228 ; ' petting ' or ' louping ' stone for brides, 231
Bampur ; folktales from, 253
Banana : shrines to make fruitful, 394 ; top of bunch used in magic sending, Malays, 147, 157 ; used in divination, Penang, 143
Banana-tree in spiritualist perform- ance, Malays, 140
Banks' island : tamaniu not true
totem, 376 Banshee : Chitral, 184 Bantu : cleaner than true negro, 167 Baptism amongst Kenyahs, 438 Barcoo river (Aus.) : {see also Birria
tribe) ; supernatural beings of
tribes, 19 Bards : born with tooth, or first tooth
in upper jaw, Hebrides, 32 Barking : Ethelburga, abbess of, 214 ;
St. Hildelitha, 214; St. Wlfhilda,
216 Barrenness, see Birth customs and
beliefs ' Barring ' newly married pair, see
Marriage customs and beliefs Barrow Well (St. Briavel's) : water
drunk for colds, 173 Barton : witchcraft at, 290 Bastar, god to whom yew offered,
Kula (Himalayas), 201 Bathing : ceremonial, Malays, 155 ;
song, Malay Penin., 161 Battas or Battaks : head-hunting,
437 ; totemism, 361 Bau-ung-bau-ung, in Dieri legend,
461 Bawburgh : St. Walstan, 216 Beacon Hill (Berks) : associated with
Devil's Quoits, 293-4 Beads originally charms, 344 Bear : of Arcadians, 379 : black, takes
woman's form at night, Baloches,
265 ; group name, Mandans, 390 Beard never cut, Baloches, 270 Beasts in folklore, see Animals in
folklore Bee : beehives lifted when corpse
removed, St. Briavel's, 173 ; en- chanted, Hebrides, 35 ; omen of
stranger's coming, St. Briavel's, 171 Beetle : "the little smith," Hebrides,
37 Belfast Camp : coffins kept ready for
use, 72 Belford : ' petting ' or ' louping '
stone for brides, 231 Bell, C. C. , A Written Charm, 92-3 Beltane : in Hebrides, 40-1 Belyando River, see Koombokkaburra
tribe Benares, shrines at, 303 Benbecula : (^see also Balivanich) ;
rhymes from, 42-3; Will-o'-the-
Wisp, origin of, 43 Bengal : {see also Chotia Nagpur ;
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