Index.
479
Shilouvane : folklore from, 117-24 Ships : carried in procession and
burnt, Lerwick, 75-6 ; naval
trophies, Greece, 288 Shipton-under-Wychwood : folktale,
412 ; suicide, burial of, 74 Shipwrecks caused by sympathetic
magic, Scotland, 97 Shoes : drawing off as legal symbol,
316 ; taboos on wearing. 315 Shropshire : (jee also Ludlow) ; fifth
November customs, 90- 1 Shrove Tuesday : rhymes, Bucks and
Oxfordshire, 1 67-8 Siam : divinatory system, 431 ; folk- tale, 57-8 ; king consulted as to
Keddah raja, 47 Siberia : {see also Balkash, lake : Hi,
valley of; and Taranchi Tartars) ;
Tartar marchen, 38-9 Sicily : {see also Girgenti ; Palermo ;
flwa? Selinunte) ; arms, 218 (plate) Sickness, charms for, see Charms and
spells Sierra Leone, see Temne tribe Sieve : preserves those born on
Christmas Eve from becoming
ghosts, Malta, 83 ; witch's boat,
Scotland, 97 Silent Trade, The, by P. J. H. Grier-
son, reviewed, 435-7 Silver coin : put in fishing nets,
Plighlands, 303 : in water to be
drunk as remedy, Lewis, 371 Singapore : The Story of Indra
Bangsawan, by A. S. Gumming,
385-407 Sioux Indians : classification of objects
by, 431, 433-4 : the red section, 427 Sir Aldingar, ballad of. 155, 159 Sisters, taboos in connection with, see
Taboos Skin diseases, cure for, Punjab, loi Skipsea Brough: harvest customs, 93-4 Skye, isle of : name for snake, 99 Slippers : as symbol of royalty,
Benares, 35 Smalldale: funeral customs, 180 Smoke of witch's bouse goes against
wind, Scotland, 97 Smoke signals, W. Australia, 336 Snake : on amulet, China, 297 ; an- cestors enter body of, Basutos, 417 ;
bite, amulet against, Malta, 83 ;
black, house guardian, Malta, 84 ;
distinguishes royal persons, India,
57l; in folktales, Delhi, 317, Punjab,
112, Siam, 57-8; on Gorgon's head, 217-21, 231-3 ; not killed, W.Aus- tralia, 329 ; names for, Sc<itland, 99 ; as omen, Italy, 46 : souls rein- carnatedin, Madagascar. 312: in time cycle. China, 297, 432 ; worship of, 316
SoVjriquets, see Names
Social Origins : Primal Law, by A. I^ang and J. J. Atkinson, re- viewed, 421-5
Society islands, see Tahiti
Sodom, destruction of, 316
Sofala : new king, selection of, 60
Sohrab and Rustein, by M. A. Potter, notes on, 307-9
Solomon islands 1 chest pendant, 182
Solution of the Gorgon Myth. A, by F. T. Elworthy, 212-42 (f>lates)
Some Chinese Folklore, by A. R. Wright, 292-8
Some Notes on the Habits and Folk- lore of the Natives of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, by Mrs. J. A. Peggs, 322-3, 324-67 (plates)
Some Remarks on the Folklore of the Ba-Thonga, by H. A. Junod, 115, 116-24
Somerset, see Bath ; Chewton ; Claverton Manor ; Farleigh Wick ; Frome ; aiid Lansdown
Songs, see Folk-songs
Sorcery, see Magic
Souls : (see also Death and funeral cus- toms and beliefs ; and Reincarna- tion beliefs) ; land of, see Hades
South : one of seven regions com- prising all space, Zuiii, 430, and one of four regions, China, 431
South America, see Argentina; Brazil ; Patagonia ; and Peru
Southampton : Guys, Nov. 5, 90
South Australia : {see also Gordon Bay ; and Port Darwin) ; classifica- tion of objects, 429 ; pork not eaten, 341
South Cave : harvest custom^, 93
Southernwood : in funeral c istoms, Abney, 180
South Uist : sprain charm, 372
Sow, see Pig
Spain : (see also Basques ; Carregal, lake of ; Toledo : and Valverde) ; Grail romances late comers, 190 ; towns submerged in lakes, 130
Spears, Queensland, 322, W. Australia, 323, 326, 328, 345, 349
