Index.
461
Eyes : cures for, Oxfordshire, 70 ;
omens from, Ross-shire, 379 ;
those with eyes of different colours
have evil eye, W. Highlands, 95 Eyre, Miss M. : communication from,
79-85 ; notices of books by, 320 ;
review by, — Nutl's Lady Guest's
The Mabinogion, 107
Fabian, bishop of Rome, legend of,
44. Fabric of the Dream, The, by I.
Gollancz, 209 Face : painting, W. Australia, 323,
326, 332 Fados, folk songs. Azores, 145 Faerie Queene, Tales from the, by
C. L. Thomson, reviewed, no Fairies : arrows, Islay, 210, 299
\plate) ; in Arthurian tales, 437-43 ;
bathing babies in uisge or protects
against, Ross-shire, 371, 381 ;
charms against, Ross-shire, 380 ;
green clothes, Ross-shire, 369 ;
offerings to, Ross-shire, 381 ; wash
clothes, Ross-shire, 380 ; wee folks,
Ross-shire &c., 369 Fan : as symbol of royalty, Benares,
35
Farleigh Wick : tradition of Civil War, 178-9
Faroe islands : {see also Myggenoes) ; fishermen's beliefs, 306
Father-and-son combat type of folk- tales, 307-9
Faust legend, 196-7
Fawler : suicide, burial of, 73
Fawn, see Deer
Fayal, island of : [see also Castello Branco); colonisation of, 125; sedan- chair bearers cursed, 142 ; thunder- bolts, beliefs about, 142
Feargus the Great and the Lia Fail,
29 . .
Feet : footbinding, reason for, China,
295 ; omens from, Ross-shire, 379 Finn, sagas of, 159-60 Fenaes da Luz : in folktale, 133 Fengshui, see Divination P'ern : ashes of blossom shows fate of
friends, Azores, 142-3 ; blooms St.
John's Eve, Azores, 142 Festival of Uphelly A' {or the End
of Yule) as now celebrated at Ler- wick, The, 74-7 Festivals and saints' days, see Days
and Seasons
Fetishism : Achewa tribe, 2, 6, 61-3 {plate) ; Fetish Worship in Central Africa, E. Lovett, 2, 6, and A. Hetherwick, 61-3 {plate), 309-11
Fiachra, death and burial of, 14-5
Fianna, the, in Scottish charms, 98
Fife : fishing beliefs, 305
Fifteen Magic Blocks, China, 114, 292-3
Fifth of November Customs, by Miss !SL Peacock and Miss C. S. Burne, 89-91, and W. H. Jewitt, Miss C. S. Burne, C. C. Bell, and Miss M. Peacock, 185-8
Fighting customs, W. Australia, 360-1
Fighting-sticks, W. Australia, 322,
.35.0
Fiji islands : dying, visions of, 258 ; The Fijian Fire- Walk, by A. Lang and A. H. Haggard, 87-9
Fingers : {see also Thumb) ; fore- finger not blessed, Hebrides, 100 ; forefiger must not point at fishing boat, Sutherlandshire, 303 ; fore- finger must not touch yarn of charm, Hebrrdes, 99-100 ; used to indicate numbers, W. Australia, 336
Finn mac Cumhaill in Scottish charms, 98
Fire : on amulet, China, 294 ; assigned to South region of space, Zuiii, 430 ; bonfires, harvest. East Riding, 92-4, Mid-Lent, Venice, 92, Nov. 5, Carnarvonshire, 186, Derbyshire, 185-6, Hampshire, 90, and Lincolnshire, 89, St. John's Eve, Azores, 143, Malta, 77-8 ; corresponds to cardinal point, China, 431 ; cooking, sacred, New Caledonia, 254 ; from cow manure, folktale, Zambezi, 120 ; firesticks and fire-making, Queensland, 321-2, W. Australia, 322 {plate), 327, 339> 349. 366 iplafe) ; issues from Havelok's mouth when asleep, 58 ; omen of Grand Lama's birth, 50 ; not lighted for three days in kitchen of deceased, Malta, 83 ; origin, folktale of, W. Australia, 363-4 ; unlucky to part with, Highlands,
303
Fire-walking ; Fiji, 87-9
Firewood: sent by troll as "milk- hares," Sweden, 97
Firstborn : hair from cures barrenness, Punjab, 102
