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Index.
Phag, see Holi
Phalen : fire-walking, Holi, 64-5
Phdlguna : Holi, 55-83
Phylacteries, 256
Piedmont : May custom, 363 ; Piedmont, by E. Canziani and E. Rohde, reviewed, 277-9
Pied Piper type of folk-tales, 268, 482
Pig : cure for, Germany, 66 ; killed under waxmg moon, Jer- sey, 247 ; sacrificed, India, 164, 477, Ireland, 378 ; in sun myth, Assam, 485 ; in tale, N.E. Scot.,
354
Pigmies : Congo, 450
Pike fish : in song, Wliite Ruth- enians, 213, 220
Pima Indians : tales, 144
Pin : black, unlucky, London, 371
Pine-tree : in building custom. Piedmont, 278 ; in May Day cus- tom. Piedmont etc., 363
Pitfodels : sa^'ing, 351
Pitre's collection of Sicilian folk- lore, 2
Place sayings and rhymes : N.E. Scot., 350-1
Plague : goddess of, India, 154
Plantain or ribwort : grows into blackhead, Ireland, 258
Plants, see Flowers and plants
Ploughing customs and beliefs : Morocco, 503
Plum : in souling rhyme, Salop and Staffs, 289
Pokomo : contact with Arabs, 459- 60 ; language 461-2 ; over-lap- ping of cultures, 457-8 ; tale, 460-1 ; tribute, 461-2
Pole-climbing : at Holi, India, 70- 71, 81
Poles : poetry, 98
Poltergeists : Piedmont, 279
Polygamy : Hausas, 140
Polynesia, see Tonga is.
Pow^M-tree : in miracle, S. India,
493 Poona : Holi, 57, 68, 75-6 Port Essington, see Iwaidji Portugal : amulets, 207, 210 Poseidon, 123-4 Possession, demon and spirit :
Africa, 301-5, 307, 311-3, 321-2 ;
Quebec, 251 Potato plant : sown under waxing
moon. Piedmont, 278
Potter, F. S. : Gloucestershire Le- gends, 374-5
Pottery-making : lost art, Oceania, 128
Powell, J. H. : " Hook-Swinging " in India, 2, 147-97 {pi)
Praise unlucky : White Ruthen- ians, 95
Pre-animism, 49
President : election, 4 ; Presiden- tial Address, 4, 12-33
Priests : unlucky to meet. White Ruthenians, 96 ; WTiite Ruth- enian, 94
Primrose : unlucky deed with, Sussex, 369
Prior's Cleeve : tale, 374-5
Processions : chevaiichee de St. Michel, Guernsey, 281, 411-27 {pi.) ; Holi, India, 72-3, 82
Prophecy : Abyssinia, 321 ; by " the keener," Hebrides, 86 ; due to spirit possession, Ak- amba, 313
Proposed " Frazer Fund," by R. R. Marett, 253
Prostitution, ritual: India, 194-5
Proverbs and sayings : Assam, 497 ; Hausas, 139 ; Nigeria, 406 ; N.E. Scot., 350 ; Piedmont, 279 ; Rou- mania, 135-6
Psyche's Task, by J. G. Frazer, reviewed, 406-7
Psychology : Folklore and Psycho- logy, by R. R. Marett, 4, 12-33
Puberty ceremonies, see Initiatory
Puca, the, 329
Pumpkin : swung at Holi, India, 69 ; swung, India, 164, 173, 177
Punjab, see Pan jab.
Purgatory : in glaciers. Piedmont,
273 Purse : {see also Fortunatus purse) ; in tale, Waterford, 230-
231 Pf<s : bur^-ing old year, India, 59 Pyromancy : Greece, 130-1
Quebec Folklore Notes, IV.. by ^ E. H. and H.'J. Rose, 251-2 Quinton : tale, 374-5
Rags : on tree or pole for burning,
India, 58-9 Rag-trees : Mayo, 325 Ragweed : has sex, Ireland, 258 Raigarh : Holi, 61
