Index.
56:
band of father's sister, 45 ; social
divisions, 55-6, 58 Moth : omen from, Scotland, 90 Mother-right : Africa, 123, 202 ;
Iroquois, 127 ; survivals of, 52 Motlav : father's sister, 49-50 ;
feasts after first birth, 48 Motor mascots, 3 Mountain ash : against witchcraft,
Lines, 158 Mt Amanus, see Commagene Mt Callan : Conan's grave, 485 ;
past, 477 Mt Ida : cave of Zeus, 135 Mt Kenya, see Akik^ayu Mt Lyttos : cave near, 135, 137 Mourning, see Death and funeral
customs and beliefs Mouse : charms against, India, 331 Moveen : treasure legend, 344 Moyarta : fairies, 196 ; ghosts, 345 ;
place-names, 183 ; tribe, 182 Moyeir : meaning, 185 Moyhill : ghost, 346 Moyri : meaning, 185 Moyross Parks : meaning, 185 Mugron, Abt. of lona, 420, 426, 434 Mulberry: in zaghareet, Palestine, 288 MQltan : folk-medicine, 326 ; plant
and animal beliefs, 217 Mumming plays, see Folk-drama Mundondo : in fetish charm, Con- go, 459 . Munjila-njila : in fetish charm,
Congo, 459 Munster : (see also Clare ; Cork ;
Kerry ; Limerick ; Tipperary ;
Wexford) ; sheaf dedicated, 197 Muppans : okiddl, 268 Murchad, son of K. Brian, 477 Murder : reincarnation of murderer,
Assam, 262 Murray island : exchanges of pro- perty, 533 Musical instruments, see Bell ; Bow
and arrow ; Drum Music Hill : meaning, 185 Mutton Island, 183 Muzaffargarh : animals, beliefs
about, 216 MycencB : bull's heads, 64 (plate),
136 ; chrysanthemums, 64, 136 ;
double axes, 64-5 (plates), 136 Mylasa : coins, 62 ; local Zeus, 62 Myths and Legends of the New
York State Iroquois, by H. M.
Converse, reviewed, 126-7
Nagar : folk-medicine, 317
Nagas : (see also Lhota Naga) ; Naga Customs and Superstitions, by T. C. Hodson, 268, 296-312
Nail : in charm, India, 332-3 ; horse-shoe, as charm, 3
Nail fetish, 2, 461
Nail-parings : buried, Hausas, 202 ; preserved by father's sister, Banks' islands, 47-8, 57
Names : dangerous to disclose, Ire- land etc., 155-6; gennas at nam- ing, Assam, 311 ; not spoken, Hausas and Filani, 202 ; transfer power, Egypt, 149
Nandi : drink blood, 161, 162
Nangal Shayan : folk-medicine,
324 Nangroha : folk-medicine, 315 Naples : exhibits, 269 ; religious
dancing, 515 Narli : folk-medicine, 315 NathOpura : folk-medicine, 320 Native Life in East Africa, by K.
Weule, reviewed, 122-4 Ndembo society, Congo, 447, 466-7 Ndorobo : aboriginal, 255 Necklaces : Mangunga, 2 ; Pales- tine, 265, 280 ; Santa Cruz island,
3 Needle : charm to ' bind,' India,
330-1 ; omen from, Scotland, 89 Needwood Forest, 27, 30 Neilgherry Hills, see Badagas Nessa, Cuchulainn's grandmother,
231 New Britain : cannibalism, 161 ;
compared with Samoa, 536-7 ;
exhibits, 3 New Grove : dolmen, 196 New Guinea : amulet, 2 ; culture
parallels, 537; Seligmann's The
Melanesians of British New
Guinea reviewed, 532-5 Newhall : mermaid, 341-2 New Hebrides : (see also Pentecost
island) ; father's sister, 42 ; mar- riage customs, 54 Newmarket-on-Fergus : banshee,
191 ; fairies, 195, 197 Newtown (Clare) : tower, 344 New Year : (see also New Year's
Day ; New Year's Eve) ; songs,
Scotland, 264 New Year's Day : barring custom,
Salop, 31 ; dance, Staffs, 39 New Year's Eve : coal brought in,
