Index.
511
285 ; sun the wheel or orb of, Italy, 284 ; symbols of, 285 ; F. Viscata, Rome, 285
Fossils in folklore, 333-4
Foundation sacrifices, 422
Fowls : (see also Chicken ; Cock ; and Hen) ; blood used in medicines, Loango, 400 ; feathers in sacred grove, Loango, 400 ; omens from, Jamaica, 69, 71, 74; in proverb, Bavili, 400 ; sacrificed in making fetish, Congo, 384 ; as sign of good faith, Loango, 400 ; tabooed, 396 ; white, as offerings in sacred grove, Loango, 400
France : (see also Aquitania ; Bretagne; aftd Pas de Calais) ; Sebillot's Le Folklore de France, 15
Frazer, J. G. , communications from,
190- 1, 337
Frey : oath by boar of, Iceland, 360 ; toast to, Iceland, 360
Friday : as birthday unlucky, Jam- aica, 73 ; in charm against rupture, Monmouthshire, 65 ; in game, Argyllshire, 81
Frog : as amulet, Pompeii &c., 154 (plate), 158; familiar spirit as, Cambridgeshire, 188; not in cimar- uta amulet, Naples, 154 ; as totem, Australia, 107
Fruit and vegetables in folklore, see Acorn ; Apple ; Beans ; Chickpeas ; Corn ; Grape ; Nuts ; Orange ; Peas ; Pulse ; Plantain ; and Yam
Fruit-trees : midsummer customs, Morocco, 29-30, 34
Fuda island : exhibit from, 130
Fugalia festival, Rome, 329
Fulmar : white, brings good luck, Westman Isles, 488
Futila : sacred fish, 395, and animals
397
future life, beliefs about, see Death and funeral customs and beliefs
Galatea and Pygmalion, modern version of, Astypolaia, 23
Galicia, see Huculs
Gallas, 234
Gallia Transpadana, see Aquileia
Games : Scotland, 77-97, 192-22 1, 340-9, 439-60
Gannet : albatross king of, Faroes, 488
Gaol fever, cures for, see Medical folk- lore
Gardens : protected by fires, June, Morocco, 28-9, or by strewing earth, midsummer, Morocco, 34
Gargilii, coins of, 280
Gaster, M. : The Legend of Merlin, 370, 407-26, 462-3
Gazelle : in folktales, Loango, 404 ; head and horns in sacred grove, Loango, 404 ; horn worn for safety in childbirth, Congo, 380 ; sacred animal, Xibanga, 396
Genista : to colour Easter eggs, Huculs, 53-4
Genita Mana, Ijirth goddess, Romans, 299
Genius of Rome, 298-9
Genius or birth god, Romans, 294-6 ; identified with Jupiter, 296-7, or Janus, 298 ; as snake, Romans, 298 ; two-fold, 298
Geoffrey of Monmouth : literature known to, 410-1
George, St., see St. George
Germany : (see also Bavaria ; Hesse ; Miinsterland ; and Weimar) ; An- dree's Votive Weihegaben des Katho- lischen Volks in Suddeutschland reviewed, 480-3
Gervasius, St., see St. Gervasius
Gesfa Roinanonttn, collected in Eng- land, 419
Geta, coin of, 276
Ghosts : in animal shape, Jamaica, 69-70, 77, Wye valley, 175 ; caught by wizard and sent to kill people, Bavili, 373 ; charms against, Ja- maica, 70-1 ; colour of dress shows intentions, Jamaica, 74 ; can only count to nine, Jamaica, 70 ; cursing drives off good spirit, Jamaica, 74 ; death follows from seeing ghost of relative, Bavili, 373, or from beat- ing by ghost, Bavili, 373 ; destroyed by pin &c. , Jamaica, 70; drink water, Jamaica, 70; must be flogged with left hand, Jamaica, 71, 74; God's name drives away evil spirits, Jamaica, 74 ; good and bad, Short- land islands, 11 5-6 ; laid by twelve clergymen, Monmouth, 176; horse- skin bag to catch, Wales, 339-40 ; manes, Romans, 293-9 ; Mon- mouthshire, 64-5, 175-6 ; protec- tives against, Jamaica, 70-1, 74; can rest in house of death 20 days, and then lives in woods, Bavili, 373 ; seen by child born with caul.
