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Index.
Spoer, Mrs. A. INI. : review by, —
de Croze's Le Chanson popnlaire
de rile de Corse, 391-3 Spoons : as castanets, Cappa-
docia, 83, 85 Sprinkling, see Lustration Squirrel : amulet from, 232 ;
hunted, Derbj-shire, 421 Staffordshire : 5th Nov., 419 Stag, see Deer Stairs : omen from fall on, Quebec,
346 ; unlucky to pass on, Kent,
354. Standish, see Randwick Stars : {see also Canopus ; Milky
Way) ; marriage of, Japan, 408 ;
myths, 272, Bushmen, 260 ;
seven gods of, Assam, 465-6 Stinchcombe Hill : squirrel hunt,
Good Friday, 444 Stomach diseases, cure for, 496 Stone, cures for, 231-2, 491,
493 Stone implements : (see also Thun-
derstones) ; New Guinea, 524 Stones : {see also Cromlechs ; Dol- mens ; Menhirs) ; basin stones, Clare, 93, 210 ; the Lia Fail, 126 ; pillar stones and rocks, Clare, 93-4 ; rock markings, Clare, 88-90 ; stone as totem, India, 498 ; stone pillar, Benares, 304 Storms : Bushmen, 260 ; god of.
Babylonia Stow-on-the-Wold : fair, 443 Strath : charm stones, 49, 61 Straw : in wart charm, Donegal,
474 String games, 406, 513 Stroud : calendar customs, 444,
455 ; fair, 443 ; hidden treasure,
341 Strovitsi : aphrodisiac well, 219 Study of Celtic Literature, The, by
^I. Arnold, reviewed, 237-40 Stye : charm against, Donegal,
"476 Subscribers admitted, 4, 7, 145 Subscribers resigned, 146-7 Sugar : unlucky to spill, Quebec,
462 Suicide : rope as amulet, 1 7-8 Suir river : geasa, 214 Suk, The : their Language and
Folklore, by M. W. H. Beech,
reviewed, 401-2
Sumatra : {see also Bataks) ; milk dishked, 288
Sun: an animal, 157 ; in folk- tale, Manipur, 177 ; future abode of bad, Congo, 217 ; god- dess, Japan, 187 ; makes " dreamers," Mohave- Apache, 173 ; omen from, Manipur, 184 ; solar mythology, 21, 316-7 ; as totem, India, 498
Sunda archipelago : myths, 141
Sunday : {see also Easter Sunday ; Mothering Sunday ; Palm Sun- day ; Whit Sunday) ; beds not turned, Ivent, 354 ; lucky, Malabar, 38 ; not shaving on, Donegal, 477
Sunwise : burial ground circuited, St Michael's Day, Gaels, 500 ; Hogmanay custom, Gaels, 501 ; in sowing ceremony, Gaels, 501 ; widershins, at marriage, Cappa- docia, 83, 86, in rite, Cappa- docia, 219
Surre}', see Guildford ; Wands- worth
Survivals in Belief among the Celts, b}' G. Henderson, reviewed, 124-6
Susa no wo, deity, Japan, 1 86.-7
Sussex : {see also Bosham ; East- bourne ; Hastings ; Lewes ; Rye) ; snakestones, 52
Sutton-on-Trent : gipsy funeral, 22
Swaddhng babies, 128
Swaffham : treasure tale, 209
Swaledale : no Guy, 417
Swallow : amulet from, 235
Swan : in folk-song, Gt. Brit., 129
Swan Knight romances, 120-1
Sweden : folklore collection, 113 ; thunderbolts, 123
Swelhngs : amulet against, 234 ; cure for, 490-1
Switzerland, see Aargau ; Appen- zell ; Bern ; Lucerne ; Soleure ; Solothurn
Sword : in charm, Japan, 196 ; in riddle, Armenians, 472
Sword dances, 7
Syria : double axe, 74
Tablecloth : omens from, Quebec,
346 Taboos : on approach to temple etc., Malabar, 36 ; at childbirth. Lower Congo, 348, Montenegro,