Index.
549
Fertility spirits, see Corn spirits Feste und Brduche des Schweizer- volkes, by E. Hoffmann- Krayer, reviewed, 400 Festiniog : hiring fair, 107 Festivals and fairs : {see also Carnival) ; Breconsh., 513-4 ; clan, Scandinavia, 261-2 ; Devon, 237-8 ; Feast Days and Saints' Days, by P. J. Heather, 249-50 ; hiring fairs, Wales, 106-7 '< lai-haraubas, Manipur, 427-34; Piedmont, 95, 217; tinkers'. Piedmont, 217 Fetish huts, E. Africa, 2 So Fetish trees, W. Africa, 21-2 Fever : charm against, Piedmont,
362 Fighting, ceremonial : brings rain, Baluchistan, 229 ; deceives ghost, Aus. etc., 388 Fig-tree : cursing, Palestine, 249 Fiji islands : death custom, 390 ;
Kalou, 387 ; tale, 233-4 Finestrelle : empty cradle not
rocked, 213 Fingers : (see also Nails, linger) ;
nursery rhyme for, Oxon, 78 Finnavarra : place name, 100 Finn sagas : Clare, 98, 100-6, 201,
502 Firbolgs, 99, 371
Fire : [see also Hearth) ; clean fire, Manipur, 429, 432, 444 ; divine origin of, Manipur, 425 ; 5th Nov. bonfires, Monmouthsh., 109 ; omen from, Oxon, 91 ; over grave, S. Amer. Indians, 54 ; in Pokomo myth, 461 Firstfooting : Ontario, 221 Fish : {see also Bone-fish ; Cod ; Perch ; Sting-ray) ; bones as amulets, Spain, 70 ; divination, by, ^lanipur, 450 ; divine origin of, Manipur, 425 ; offered, Manipur, 436, 445, 447, 452 ; tabooed, Manipur, 429, Pokomo, 458 ; tribal name, E. Africa, 457 Fishguard : hiring fair, 107 Pishing customs and beliefs : {see also Omens) ; amulets, New- foundland, 70 ; Friday unlucky, Devon, 237 ; nets, 395 ; Po- kom.o, 463-4 Flint : salve, 506 Flintshire, see Flint ; Holywell Flood legends, see Deluge legends
Flowers and plants : {see also Banana plant ; Broom plant ; Carnation ; Coca ; Corn blue- bottle ; Elecampane ; Grass ; Heather; Iris; Ivy; Lrmgtcrei \ Manioc ; Monkshood ; Onion- flower ; Osier ; Prm ; Parsley ; Peony ; Roots ; Rose ; Rue ; Sugarcane; Urticaria; Verbena; Water-lily) ; on dancing staves, S. Amer. Indians, 51 ; divine origin, Manipur, 425 ; names derived from, S. Amer. Indians, 46 ; offered, Manipur, 440
Flute : Gilyaks, 488 ; S. Amer. Indians, 50, 53
Flycatcher: totem, Melanesia, 181
Flying fox : in song, Kiwai Papuans, 298
Fly river, see Kiwai Papuans
Folk-dances, see Dances
Folk-drama : Greek, 35, 392 ; as magic, 35 ; Manipur, 417-8 {plate) ; Savoy, 132
Folklore: collection of, 385, 398; Le Folk-Lore : Litterainre Orale et Ethnographie Traditionelle, by P. Sebillot, reviewed, 398-9 ; Method of Investigation and Folklore Origins, by W' . Crooke, 14-40
Folk-medicine, see Medical folk- lore
Folk-Medicine in London, by E. Lovett, 1 20- 1
Folk-Medicine in the Report of the Highlands and Islands Medical Service Committee, by D. Rorie, 383-4
Folk-music : France, 136 ; Gil- yaks, 479 ; S. Amer. Indians, 50 ; Thonga, 144
Folk-sayings, see Proverbs
Folk-songs : Brecon.sh., 512 ; Cambs., 234-5; France, 136-7; Gilyaks, 477-90 ; Kiwai Pa- puans, 284-313 ; Oxon, 82-3, 85-6, 89 ; Piedmont, 92 ; Pokomo, 468 ; Russia, 2 ; seasonal, 140 ; song and dance associated, Pokomo, 468 ; S. Amer. Indians, 50-1 ; Thonga, 144 ; war, Kiwai Papuans, 302
Folk-tales : {see also under names of typical tales) ; Baluchistan, 229; Breconsh., 515-7 ; Egypt, 32; Fiji, 233-4 ; France, 136;
