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Index.
Batende : transmit fetish figures,
312 Bathing: ritual, India, 212-3 Baivenda of the Spelonken ( Transvaal),
The, by R. Wessmann, reviewed,
122 Bayberry, sec Wax-myrtle Beads : as currency, Lower Congo,
42-3 Beans : {see also Ngongo-; and Nkandi); planting customs. Lower Congo, 311 Bear : in folk-tale, Assam, 412-3; in myth of origin of constellation, Eskimo, 378; offerings to slain b., Eskimo, 377; tusks in necklace, Assam, 140 {plate) Bea tribe, Andamans, 258-60 Bed : not turned on Friday, Oxford- shire, 218
Bee : as Easter-egg pattern, Rou- manians, 302; omen from, Wor- cestershire, 344; partnership to keep bees Kicky, Durham, 73
Beech-tree: "cramp nuts" from. South Downs, 65; leaves as Easter- egg patterns, Roumanians, 301
Beef, see Cattle
Beeswax : keeps off jungle spirits, Andamans, 268; melting or burn- ing angers Biliku, Andamans, 261, 263, 267-8, 270; used in making Easter eggs, Roumanians, 299-300
Beetle : killing, brings rain, Worces- tershire, 344
Berwick : firstfooting, 482
Berwickshire, see Berwick
Beliefs and Customs of the Australian Aborigines, by J. G. Frazer, 350-2
Bell : as amulet, Rome, 71; church, rung to break spells, Norway, 316, 325-6, 331; omens from, Stafford- shire, 220-1, Worcestershire, 344; " pancake bell," Durham, 72; pass- ing bell, Durham, 72
Bengal : {see also Calcutta); ghostly manifestations, 484
Berbers: folk-tales, 125
Berkshire : supernatural appearance, 491
Berwickshire, see Earlston
^t?-shen, see ^cz-shell
Bessarabia, see Roumanians
Bhadra Kali, godriess, India, 483
Biblical legends, 514-5
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folk-tales, 378 Bihe, 42 Biliku, Bilika, and Bilik, mythical
beings, Andamans, 259-67, 270,
.493> 495-6 Binney, Mrs. E. H. : Scraps of Eng- lish Folklore, 490 Birds in folklore : {see also Asiraji; Chalcophaps indica; Crow; Cuc- koo; Dove; Eagle; Eagle-hawk; Fish-hawk; Fly-catcher; Fowls; Goose; Heron; Hornbill; King- fisher; Kite; Kiirtitnbiza; Magpie; Ntoyo; Ortolan; Ousel; Owl; Peacock; Pigeon; Quail; Raven; Robin; Sea-gull; Sparrowhawk; Stork; Swallow; Tape; and Tur- key); feathers in amulet, Congo, 3; finding dead bird unlucky, York- shire, 78; in folk-tale, Assam, 392- 3; names of ancestors, Andamans, 262; souls in shape of, Ireland, 359; white, omen from, Worcester- shire, 344 Birkestol : tale of giant, 314, 332 Birrahgnooloo, mythical being, Euah-
.layi, 493 Birth customs and beliefs : amulets for newly-bom, Norway, 320; birth pains transferred to other persons or objects, Scandinavia, 320- 1; causes of birth, Arunta &c., 126; changelings, Norway, 320; child born in hot weather has short life, Durham, 74; girls born on market days named therefrom. Lower Congo, 465; guarding from evil spirits, Philippines, 234; May un- lucky month, Cornwall, 488; ndembo society confers good luck in having children. Lower Congo, 190; silver coin presented to newly born, Norway, 317; tabus, Eskimo, .378 Birthmarks removed by hands of
corpses, Mary port, 216 Bishu Jatra festival, 337 Bison, see Gyal Biti, see Marimba Bitter Withy" Ballad, "The, by A.
Lang, 86-8 Bjerre district : communal repairing,
121; counting to five only, 121 Black animals, see Cat
