548
Index.
Mothering Sunday : Glos., 444 ; Herefordshire, 3S4 ; Kent, 353
Mother-in-law : tabooed, Thonga, 518
ISIother of the Gods, The, by Fitz Siegmund Dhu, noticed, 271
Mother-right : Congo, 513-4 ; dis- cussed, 503 ; E. and C. Asia, 403-4 ; Greece, 395 ; Hindus, 282
Mounds, burial, see Earthworks
Mount Callan : giant, 90
Mourning customs, see Death and funeral customs and beliefs
Mouse-ear : as amulet, 234
Mousterians, The, 121
Mouth : in riddle, Armenians, 472
Moxa, 192
Mujuzi river : python worshipped,
137
Mukasa, deity, Baganda, 136
Mule : in riddle, Armenians, 472
Mummers : Glos., 455
Mumping: Glos., 455
Mumps : amulets against, 234 ; charm against, Donegal, 474
Mungan-ngaua, or Mungamongana, All Father, Australia, no, 162
Munster, see Clare ; Kerry ; Limerick county
Muppans : Odikal and other Cus- toms of the M., b}.- F. Fawcett,
33-44
Museum, Society's, 3, 8
Musical instruments, see Pipes, reed ; Tambourine
Mutton Island : hilleen, 210
Myers, C. S. : on uniformity of belief, 23-4
Mysore : sacrifice eaten, 299
Mysticism and Magic in Turkey, by Miss L. M. J. Garnett, re- viewed, 508-9
Mythology : Borneo, 408 ; em- bodies experience, 18 ; lunar, 141-2, 316-7; myth defined, 309-11 ; sociological significance, 307-31 ; solar, 21, 316-7 ; sub- jects of myths, 314-20
Nagas : (see also Kabuis) ; celts, 75 ; customs after death, 298, 467-8 ; libation, 464 ; milk tabooed, 287
Nails, finger : in transference of
di.sease, 236 Nailsworth : calendar customs, 418, 450-1. 455
Nambutiri Brahmans, 289, 299
Names : tabooed, Albania, 228, Northumberland, 355-6 ; selec- tion, Baganda, 135
Nasamones, 390
Nassington : games. May Day, 197, 202
Nature worship, 140, 156-8, iGr
Nautili in folklore, 46
Nayadis, 265-6
Nayars : polyandry, 140 ; and Todas, 289
Necklaces : Benin, 74 ; Cambs, 350
Neolithic races : beliefs and cul- ture, 29-30 ; time limits, 121
Nepaul : (see also Gandaka river) ; cows not killed, 278-9 ; fire Cus- tom, New Year, 425
New Britain : myth, 321
Newgro\e : basin stone, 93
New Guinea: books on, reviewed,
521-4
New Hebrides : {see also Lepers' island) ; spirit beings, 163
Newmarket-on-Fergus : appari- tions, 214 , fairy gold, 208
Newport (Mon.) : annual fire fes- tival, 419
New Year : {see also New Year's Day ; New Year's Eve) ; India, 425-6 ; Nigeria, 426
New Year's Day : bonfire, Here- fordshire, 386 ; calenig and cream of the well, Hereford- shire, 385 ; first-foot, Glos., 443
New Year's Eve : fire customs, Guernsey, 424 ; Morayshire, 424 ; Shetland, 424
New Zealand : marriage, 105
Nias : myths, 141-3
Nicknames : Germany, 272
Nigeria : {see also Benin ; Filani) ; south. New Year custom, 426 ; Tremearne's The Tailed Head- Hunters of Nigeria reviewed, 261 ; thunder-god, 72-3
Nightingale : in charm, Japan, 189
Nightmare, see Dreams
Nine : in charms, Donegal, 474-8 ; in magic, Japan, 192
Njegush : childbirth taboo, 226
Norax, 389
Norfolk, see Swaffham
Normandy, see Mont Saint-Michel
North : guardian of, Assam, 465