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Index.
Piedmont, 278 ; water in, India,
80-1 Marrick : St. Mark's Eve, 376 Marsh : spirit of. White Ruthen-
ians, 94 Martinique : zombi, 371 Marton : soul cakes, 28S Marwar : HoU, 57 Maryculter : liidden treasure, 342 Mashonaland : tale, 481 Masks : Anyanja, 458 ; Bushongo,
447 ; Proven9al, 144 ; Siberia, 47 Masulipatam (see also Goodoor ;
Kanara ; Weyoor ; hook-swing- ing, 163, 165 Materials for the Study of the
Ainu Language and Folklore,
by B. Pilsudski and J. Rozwad-
owski, noticed, 280 Mathura : {see also Phalen) ; Holi,
70, 80-1 Matriarchy : Assam, 479 ; Tibet,
483
Matse : miracle, 493-4
May : {see also May Day ; Royal Oak Day) ; 3rd, fair, Banffsh., 343 ; 24th, rhyme, Ontario, 387 ; chevauchee de St. Michel, Guern- sey, 281, 411-27; games, Som., 373 ; hiring fairs, Yorks, 375 ; hook-swinging, India, 157-8, 170; May Sunday, Worcestersh., 370 ; in rhymes, Sussex, 368-9; "the riding of cooks," Oxford, 199, 205 ; sayings, N.E. Scot., 351 ; three first Sundays, well custom, Som., 373 ; unlucky, Sussex, 369
May Day : Jersey, 243 ; lucky, Waterford, 117; pine-tree plan- ted. Piedmont etc., 363 ; well custom, Oxford, 198, 201
Mayo : foundation sacrifices, 378 ; tales, 324-41
Maypoles : India, 59
Meams, The (N.E. Scot.) : saying,
351
Mecca : zar, 308
Medical folklore : {see also Amu- lets and talismans ; Charms and spells) ;
diseases and injuries : — aches and bruises, 249 ; burns, 249 ; canker of mouth, 250 ; colds, 250 ; deafness, 249, 251 ; debility, 249 ; of eye, 119-20 ; festers, 249 ; hydrophobia, 278 ; jaundice, 250 ; lunacy.
251 ; rickets, 249 ; sciatica, 249 ; scorpion stings, 63 ; scrofula, 251 ; stone and gravel, 249-50 ; wens, 250 ; localities : — India, 63 ; Ireland, 119-20; Jersey, 249-51 ; Lon- don, 6 ; Piedmont, 278 ; remedies : — ale, 249 ; alum, 250 ; ashes from Holi fire, 63 ; bacon, 249 ; butter, 249 ; eggs, 249 ; elephant's heart, 279 ; galls, 249 ; giraffe's milk, 279 ; grape juice, 249 ; hazel sap, 249 ; herbs and plants, 249-51 ; honey, 249- 51 ; laurel, 249 ; leaven, 249 ; leeks, 249 ; lion's eyes, 279 ; mad dog's hair, 278 ; malt, 249 ; oak, parts of, 249 ; oil and grease, 249-50 ; puppy, 249 ; rue, 249 ; saxifrage, 249 ; soot, 249 ; water from holy well, 119-20 ; wine vine- gar, 250 ; wool, 249 Medicine-man, see Wizard Meeting of the F.-L.S at Oxford,
6, 122, 145 Meetings, 1-6, 122, 145-6, 281-4,
409-10 Meeting with persons, omens from,
Jerse}', 246, Piedmont, 278 Melanesia, see Bismarck arcliipel-
ago ; New Guinea ; Tami is. Melos : infant burial, 265 Melusine, romance of, 383-5 Melville is. : customs and insti- tutions, 505-8 Members dead, 3, 5, 282, 410 Members elected, i, 3, 5, 145,
281-2, 409 Members resigned, 1-3, 5, 145-6,
282, 409-10 Menliirs : Channel is., 411, 416,
418-2 Meon Hill : tale, 374-5 Meriah sacrifice, India, 183-94 Meteors : foretell death. Pied- mont, 278 ; wishing when seen. Piedmont, 278 Mexico, see Aztecs Michaelmas : cooks' ceremony, Oxford, 200-1 ; farm year begins, Sussex, 369 ; in proverb, Pied- mont, 279 Mickleton : gobUn, 375 Micras : saying, 351 Middlesex, see London
