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Shark : fin in sacred grove, Loango, 402 ; as totem, Shortland islands,
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Shawia tribe, Morocco : midsummer eating ceremony, Morocco, 36 ; no midsummer water customs, 32
Sheba, Queen of, see Queen of Sheba
Sheep : black, ghost as, Wye valley, 175 ; ewe in May song, Padstow, 58 ; in lullaby, Argyllshire, 451 ; in New Year custom, Morocco, 41, Scotland, 211 ; sacrificed, Morocco, 41, Rome, 331 ; straw, marjoram, and alum burnt to protect, Morocco, 28
Shelha, Morocco : midsummer belief,
33-4
Shells, sea : in burial ceremony, Loango, 400 ; for grottoes, St. James's day, Leytonstone &c., 180- I ; offered after childbirth &c., S. Nigeria, 435, 439
Shetland islands : ship procession, 259
Shingles disease, Anglo-Saxon name for, 363
Ship : in procession, Casteltermini, 256, Luxor, 257, Nola, 247 {plate), Palermo, 250, Shetland islands «&c., 259 ; ship car sacred, ancient Europe, 259
Shluh tribes : 27-30 ; midsummer beliefs and customs, 32-4, 36-7, 42 ; New Year fires, 41 ; ploughing custom, 38-9
Shooting, see Hunting
Shortland islands : {see also Alu, Bagama volcano ; and Balbi mountains); folklore of, 114-5
Shropshire : {see also Bishop's Castle ; and Pulverbatch) ; folk-song, 127 ; Offa's Dyke, tradition of, 175
Shrovetide : cockfighting, Aberdeen- shire, 204
Siam : Malay States of, 487 ; offerings by fowlers, 488-9
Sibokos or forbidden animals, Bantu, 112, 233, 356-7
Sibylla, legends of, 416
Sicily : {see also Girgenti ; Messina ; Palermo ; and Selinunte) ; three- eyed Cyclops, 276
Si"kle : in harvest ceremony, Ulster,
Sidi Busmen : charred branches from New Year fire to sanctuary of, Morocco, 40-1
Sign language : schoolchildren, Scot- land, 216
Sikes, E. E., Riddle-Story from the Wye Valley, 352
Silver : cimaruta amulet always of, Naples, 134; metal of lunar god- dess, 153 ; water containing, as charm, Scotland, 334-6
Silver Water, by E. Lovett, 334-5 {plate), 336
Silvii, dynasty. Alba Longa, 287, 291
Silvius, King, see King Silvius
Sirena amulet against evil eye, Naples,
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Sirens, possibly in cimaratu amulet, Naples, 151
Sistrum, perhaps key of cimaruta, 143
Sitho, King, see King Sitho
Skeleton, evil being as, Australia, 430
Skidi Pawnee, see Pawnee Indians
Skirts, ladies', omens from, Jamaica, 72
Sky: Atira, deity. Pawnees, 117; The European Sky-God, by A. B. Cook, 260-332, 462 ; name given to mother of twins, Ba-Ronga, 300; supernatural beings in, Australia, 106 ; twins the children of, Ba- Ronga, 300
Skye, Isle of : saying while swinging, 86
Sloth : skin worn as charm, Congo, 380-1, and for mourning, Congo, 380
Smallpox : Anglo-Saxon name for, 363 ; leopard's skin protects from, Loango, 391
Smith, Miss P. C, Annancy Tales, 8
Smoke : good for eyes, Morocco, 29 ; magic qualities of, Europe, 45, Morocco, 30 ; mysterious, Cadney,
224-5 . Snake : in amulet, Naples, 135, 149- 51. I53> 157, 160 {plates); asp crown of Isis, 150; associated with world-tree, 153 ; blinded by rain of April 27th, Morocco, 33 ; charm against, Morocco, 33 ; charm-stones fashioned by vipers, Caithness, 336 ; destroyed by St. Hilda, Whitby, 333-4 ; genius as, Romans, 298 household, associated with children. Teutons, 151 ; Nereid in shape of, Crete, 22 ; pythonassiboko,Batlaru, 357 ; reincarnation in, Madagascar, 230, 235, Masai, 235 ; repelled by moon, and moon plants, 138 ; skin
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