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Index.

Rain : caused by killing beetle, Cambs, 366 ; charms for, India, 80, Morocco, 502 ; duration of, India, 76 ; making, Abyssinia, 321 ; sacrifices for, India etc., 189-91 Rajahmundry : hook-swinging, 163 Rajputana, see Ajmer ; Beawar ;

Jeypore ; Marwar Ram, see Sheep

Ramgarh Hill : drama, Holi, 75 Ramoshis : Holi. 61, 63, 68 Rat : in myth, Baganda, 439 ; in tale, Assam, 494-5 ; N.E. Scot.,

354

Raven : as deity, Siberia, 48, 52 ; omen from, Jersey, 246

Ravilloles : cockchafer eaten, 204 ; nickname, 204

Rayagada : sacrificial stone, 187

Read, D. H. Moutray : reviews by, 265-8

Red : associated with Siva, India, 154 ; butterflies as witches, Nor- thumberland, 203 ; in charm, 259 ; in dress of fairy. Water- ford, 1 1 1-3, 115 : at Holi feast, India, 63, 68-9, 72 ; paint in charm, Pemba, 395 ; in spring procession, Persia, 74 ; string, in charm, \Miite Ruthenians, 96

Red Karens : festival, 59

Red Ruthenians, 93

Red Sea : ghost sent to. Water- ford, 229-30

Reeth : fair, 376 ; Nov. 5, 376

Reincarnation beliefs : Australia, 506 ; Baganda, 432 ; Melos, 265

Reindeer : cult of, Siberia, 48 ; white, carries off dead, Lapps, 388

Relationsliip : terms, Aus., 507

Religions Chastity, by J. Main, reviewed, 395-7

Reptiles, see Crocodile ; Frog ; Li- zard ; Toad ; Tortoise ; Turtle

Reviews, 127-44, 260-80, 390-408, 501-8

Rheumatism : amulet against, Kent, 367 ; cure for, 259

Rhymes : (see also Counting-out . rhymes ; Folk-songs ; Nursery rhymes ; Place rhymes ; Sing- ing games) ; England, 287-9, 291-4, 368-9, 381 ; Ireland, 386 ; Jersey, 246-8 ; Ontario, 387 ; Scotland, 350-2, 355-7, 360 ; Wales, 372

Rice : at Holi, India, 61-2 Richmond (Yorks) : pancake bell,

375 Rickets : charms against, Jersey,

248 ; cure for, Jersey, 249 Riddles : E. Africa, 466 ; Rouma-

nia etc., 134-7 Right : hand in ceremonial walk,

India, 63 ; in omens, Jersey,

246, N.E. Scot., 350 ; turns.

Mayo, 329, Scot., 85 Rings, finger : in betrothals, 403 ;

loss is omen of death, Scot., 349 Rivers and streams : (see also wider

names) ; charms for crossing,

Assam etc., 493 Rivers, W. H. R. : on lost arts in

Oceania, 127-8 ; his theory of

sursaval in sociology discussed,

14-23

Rochester : St. Katharine's Day, 294

Rocks, see Stones and rocks

Romance of Melusine, The, and Absence of Men during Child- bed, by D. Rorie, 383-5

Roman Idyllique au Moyen Age, Le, by M. Lot-Borodine, reviewed, 262-3

Romans, ancient : amulets, 211 ; priest not shaved by iron, 380

Ropemakers : festival, Kent, 294

Rorie, D. : The Romance of M61usine, and Absence of Men during Childbed, 383-5 ; Stray Notes on the Folklore of Aber- deenshire and the North-east of Scotland, 342-63

Rosary : origin of, 254-8

Rose : as remedy, 266

Rose, E. H. and H. J. : Quebec Folklore Notes, IV., 251-2

Rose, H. J. : Nursery Rhymes, 386-7 ; reviews by, 127-34, 142- 4, 268-71

Rosemary : in folk-medicine, Jer- sey, 250

Ross : (see also Carron river ; Loch Carron) ; the "vow," 89- 90

Rothie-norman : faster's-even, 352

Roumania : Roumanian Popular Tales and Legends of Birds, Beasts, and Insects, by M. Gaster, 282 ; riddles, 134-7

Routh, H. V. : Exhibits and Mu- seum Committee, 6