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Index.
Scottish Amulets, by D. Rorie, 231-2 Scraps of English Folklore, 72-83,
216-2^. 342-9, 48S-91 Scrivener, Rev. A. E. : exhibits by, 2 ; Fetish Figure from Bolobo, Upper Congo, 312-3 {plate) ; re- view by, — Starr's A Bibliography of Congo Languages, 243-4 '■> Upper Congo Charm against Leopards,
499
Sea customs and beliefs : fish scarce after shipwrecks, Cornwall, 488 ; gods and men from ocean, Greeks, 423 ; spirits weave white men's cloth, and enslave blacks' spirits. Lower Congo, 479
Sea-gull : in folk-tale, Japan, 252
Sechwana : folk-tales, 247
Secretar}', election of, 5
Secret societies : Lower Congo, 189- 201, 307
Seeds : in game. Lower Congo, 459- 60 ; in love charm, Lower Congo, 41 ; planting customs. Lower Congo, 31 1
Selkirk : burlymen, 90
Selkirkshire, see Inverleithen ; and Selkirk
Semiramis, see Queen Semiramis
Sefuitic Magic, by R. Campbell Thompson, reviewed, 379-83
September : {see also Michaelmas Day) ; 30th, Erough Hill Fair, Westmoreland, 75
Serpent, see Snake
Servia : {see also Roumanians) ; Easter eggs, 300 _
Seven : in divination, Yorkshire, 348 ; in folk-tale, Assam, 407 ; in magic, Wilts, 80
Seven Sages of Rome, The, by Killis Campbell, reviewed, II5-6
Sex metamorphosis, Burma, 212
Sexual morality : superstition streng- thens, 242
Sgilti Lightfoot, 106
Shakespear, Mrs : exhibits by, 386 ; notes to Folk-Tales of the Lushais and their Neighbours, 413-7 {plates)
Shambala : folk-tales, 247, 450
Shangani : folk-tales, 128
Shape-shifting : by fairies, Worces- tershire, 347 ; in folk-tales, 515, Assam, 392, 401-3, 409-11, Malays, 85, Sarawak, 83-5
Shark : fossil teeth as amulets, Whit-
stable, 65 ; origin of man, Greeks, 424
Sheep : ram in folk-tale, Durham county, 75 ; rams horn as amulet, Rome, 71 ; tabu on flesh, Swahili, 436 ; tallies for, 65-7 ; unlucky to hear, before seeing, lambs, Durham, 72
Sheepfold : in charm against consump- tion, Oxfordshire, 218
Sheffield : {see also Bolsterstone ; and Ringingiow) ; " burying cakes," 349 ; cramp, charm against, 348
Shells : {see also Ba-sheW ; Conch shell ; Cowrie shell ; and Snail shell) ; as amulets, Nyassaland, 455-6 ; in folk-tale, Nyassaland, 455 ; to hold charms, Lower Congo,
473.
Shenzi : as tribal name, 433
Shepherds : Superstitions and Sur- vivals amongst Shepherds, by E. Lovett, I, 7, 64-70 {plates)
Shetland islands, see Lerwick
Shire river : folk-tale, 454-5
Shooter, Miss M. : Scraps of English Folklore, 4S8
Shooting stars, see Meteors
Shrewsbury : simnel cakes, 203
Shrimp: eating tabued. Lower Congo, 308 ; wife of Puluga, Andaman islands, 495
Shropshire : {see also Dawley ; Ford j Pontesbury ; Shrewsbury; Sibbers- cot ; Summerhill; ««</ Wellington); Ascension Day rain cures bad eyes, 491 ; in Staffordshire sayings, 220
Shrove Tuesday : ball games, 121 ; cock-throwing, 206 ; " pancake bell," Durham, 72 ; pancake-eating custom, Cheshire, 206
Sibberscot : " hand of glory," 219
Sicily, see Isnello
Sickness, see Diseases
Sierra Leone : folk-tales, 211
Sikes, E. E. : Four-footed Man : a Note on Greek Anthropology, 42 1 -3 1
Silbury ; burial tradition, 79-80 ; golden figures at, 80 ; mound made by devil, 80 ; Palm Sunday customs, 80 ; no snakes, 80
Silver : in amulets, Scotland, 231 ; bullet kills giant, Norway, 330 ; or hiildre-io\\i, Norway, 335 ; coin as godfather's gift, Norway, 317; coins buried in churchyard, Norwaj', 320 ; old s. into churn, Norway, 322
