Index.
513
Jamaica, 94, 207-8, 210-1, 451, 453, 455 ; from iron crackling before fire, Ireland, 462 ; from moles on body, Jamaica, 450, 456; from neck- ties, Jamaica, 451-2; from offering money, Jamaica, 451 ; from opening umbrella in house, Jamaica, 207, 210, 213, 452; from parts of body, Ireland, 461-2, Jamaica, 93-4, 207, 209-10, 213, 450, 454; from peeling orange, Jamaica, 213 ; from pepper crop, Jamaica, 454 ; from picking up pins, Jamaica, 451 : from piecing a house, Jamaica, 453 ; from pin on floor, Ireland, 462 ; from rain, Jamaica, 89, 93, 451 ; from scissors &c. sticking upright, Jamaica, 206, 210, 451 ; from sit- ting on table, Jamaica, 451-2 ; from sneezing, Jamaica, 94, 210 ; from spilling liquor, Jamaica, 93 ; from stockings loosing down, Jamaica, 452 ; from sudden storms, Greeks, 268 ; from tea leaves, Jamaica, 21 1 ; from thunder, Jamaica, 94 ; from walking on salt, Jamaica, 451 ; from weather at funeral, Jamaica, 453 ; from window blinds, Jamaica, 206 ; in foray of Queen Meave, 238 ; of birth, Jamaica, 451 ; of death, Ireland, 462, Jamaica, 89-90. 208, 212-4, 451-3 ; of famine, Jamaica,
454 ; of hunting, Jamaica, 455 > of love, Jamaica, 451-2 ; of marriage, Jamaica, 93, 209, 213, 452 ; of married life, Jamaica, 93, 213, 451,
455 ; of presence of ghost, Jamaica, 208, 211; of rain, Greece, 281, Jamaica, 94, 211, 455-6 ; of visitors, Ireland, 462, Jamaica, 206, 210- 1, 214, 451, 454-5 ; of weather, Jamaica, 451, 456; taught at school of star-lore, Maoris, 18
Omphalion, Epirus and Thessaly,
415 On, god, Todas, 178-9 One : astronomical symbolism of,
118; in nursery rhyme, 283; in
proverb, Greece, 283 Onkonm, god, Todas, 171 Oracles : {see also Divination) ; E.
Central Africa, 70 ; Greek, 272,
275. 375. 4i4> 4i9> 422 ; Moloro,
Hervey Islands, 20- 1 Orange : in love spell, Sicily, 128,
or for illness, Mentone, 128 ; omen
from peeling, Jamaica, 213 ; peeling
near sugar works lessens yield, Jamaica, 455 Orenda or magical power, N. America,
363
Orgo the giant, Monmouthshire, 349
Orion, mythical parentage of, 279
Orissa, see Khonds
Oriya dialect, 222
Orkney islands : folklore of, 8
Oropus : Amphiaraiis styled Zeus, 301 ; dream oracle, 272
Orthros, hound of Geryones, 284
Otaheite, see Tahiti
Otherworld, see Hades
Ourfa : blessed stones, or head of dead Jew, thrown into pool as rain- charm, 431-3 : the " burning of winter," 437 ; fire-festival at Nativity, 438 ; first fruits of grapes, consecration of, 444-5 ; folklore from, 429 ; " rain bride," 432 ; rain festival, annual, 429
Overlooking, see Evil Eye
Owen, Miss M. A., monograph on Musquakie Indians, 8
Owl : myth of, Greeks, 389 ; omens from, Jamaica, 89, 206, 210, 451,
453 Ox : dewlap in marriage ceremony, Basutos, 253-4 ; killed for marriage feast, Basutos, 253 4, as sacrifice for dead, Basutos, 256 ; skin given to bride's mother, Basutos, 254 Oxylus, King, see King Oxylus Oyo : head sent as evidence of death.
Paikara river, in prayer, Todas, 171 Pain-cocoa planted with silver coins
and leaves flogged to kill thief,
Jamaica, 92 Palermo, folklore from, 128 Palestine, see Bethlehem ; Dio-
caesarea ; Gadarene ; Jerusalem ;
Rachel's Tomb ; Ramallah ; and
Sidon Pallas, son of Evander, 383 Pallene, daughter of Sithon, story of,
380-1 Palm-tree : associated with Zeus, 299 ;
in folktales. Upper Congo, 328, 330 Palmyra : month called Apellaios, 420 Palu : folklore from, 428 Pamphlets presented to Folk-Lore
Society, see Books Pamphylia : Apollo, name of, 420 ;
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