Index.
479
tern reviewed, 443-7 ; turquoise as amulet, 342 ; Pestle, trodden on by bride, India,
245 Pestle and mortar, dancing, Malays,
164
- Petting Stone ' rite, Border counties,
227-8, 231, 234, 236-7, 241, 245,
251
Phailawagh : in Balochi poem, 274
Philistines, 218
Phcenicia, 218
Pietersburg (Trans.) : dung in medi- cine, 71-2
Pig : boar's tusk as charm, Tunis, 337 ; burial of, toes upwards, stops disease in other pigs, St. Briavel's, 172; in game formula, Hebrides, 56 ; in jingle, Lincolnshire, 91 ; liver, divination from, Torres Straits, 103 ; sign of Campbell coming, Hebrides, 49 ; smells wind, St. Briavel's, 172; wild, charmed as enemy of the rice, Malay Benin., 160, name of, 310
Pigeon : as totem. New Caledonia, 353 ; village sobriquet, 384
Pin : dropped in water, New Year's Day, St. Briavel's, 174
Pipul tree : favourite abode of bhuts, 283 ; god Madu Sami lives under, Pongul, 77 ; as omen in ghost story, Bengal, 282-3
Pirinti and Kapiri, a Legend of the Urabunna Tribe, 412-3
Pitchei country, in Wonkanguru and Urabunna legend, 414
Place names given to human groups, Melanesia, 383, Sioux, 388, 390, or individuals, Arunta, 383
Place rhymes : Derbyshire, 313 : Long Compton, 292 ; St. Briavel's, 177 ; Shropshire, 3QI-3
Plague, caused by planetary &c. conjunctions, 125
Planetary conjunctions, prophecies from, 115-34
Plants in folklore : {see also Betel leaf ; Bramble ; Cabbage ; Cane-grass ; Carrot, wild ; Docken ; Ginger- plant; Horehound; Kulva; Lichen: Malacca cane ; Mandrake : Marsh mallow ; Mistletoe : Nettle ; Rattan cane ; Reed ; Rosemary ; Sham- rock ; Tansy ; Thistle ; Vine ; Wood sage ; and Yarrow) ; names of, as human nicknames, 382-93 ;
sacred, in savage society, 348-9, 354 ; totem, see Totemism
Ploughing customs and beliefs : plough stots and sword dancers, Egton Bridge, 302
Pneumonia, cures for, Bloemfontein, 182, England, 182, Krugersdorp, 70
Pokhii, three successive births, beliefs about, Punjab, 280
Polar-star worship, 441
Polecat : familiar spirit appears as, Kedah, 150
Pole, North, see North Pole
Polong, evil spirit, Malays, 147-51, 157-8
Poltergeistern, Malay. 135
Polynesia : [see also Cook's islands ; Samoa islands ; aitd Society islands) ; " trade " shell discs, 338 (plate)
Polyphemus, Prof. Amersbach's theory about, 222
Pongid : dried grass festooned from trees, 77 ; Madu Sami worshipped, 77 ; rice harvest customs, 77
Pontianak, Malay birth demon, 135
Popular Studies in Mythology and Folkloj-e reviewed, 223-4. 330-3
Port Darwin, see Larrakia tribe
Port Erin : spirit of unbaptised, 186-7
Possession : among Malays, 148-54
Potato : as cure for earache, Bloem- fontein, 182
Potato grub : village sobriquet, 385
Potchefstroom : green paint as cure for ailments, 70
Prairie chicken : group name, Man- dans, 390
Pregnancy, sec Birth customs and beliefs
President, election of, 4
Presidential Address, by E. W. Bra- brook, 4. 12-28
Priest : in dreams, meaning of, He- brides, 51
Prophecy : astrological, see Lett-i- of Toledo ; in dreams, 31-2, He- brides, 51-2, Tara, 328; during possession, Malays, 153-4
Proverbs : Hebrides, 30, 34-5, 39, 40-2, 52-3 ; Kennet Valley, 423 ; Punjab, 279 ; Roumania, 11 1-2 ; St. Briavel's, 174-5
Prussia : marriage customs, 446
Psychologic Ethnique, La, by C. Letourneau, reviewed, 209-11
