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Saxifrage : in folk-medicine, Jer- sey, 249
Saxony : amulet, 210
Scandinavia : {see also Denmark ; Lapps) ; tale, 484
Scapula : as amulet, Waterford, 228
Scawby : flies eaten at feast, 205
Schleswig : procession with may- kiifer, 202
Sciatica : cure for, Jersey, 249
Scorpion : cure for stings, India, 63 ; goddess of, India, 154
Scotland : (see also Hebrides ; Highlands ; Shetlands ; and un- der county names) ; north-east, lucky and unlucky deeds, 349- 50 ; omens, 349-50 ; tale, 354
Scrofula : cure for, Jersey, 251
Secretary : election, 4 ; notice bv, 122
Seeds, see Hemp seed
Seligmann, B. Z. : On the Origin of the Egj'ptian Zar, 300-23 {pi.)
Selkirk : charm against fairies, 385
Selkirkshire : {see also Selkirk) ; tale, 353
Sema Xagas : tales, 483, 487-8
Senegal : caste of historians, 430-1
Senna : in folk-medicine, Jersey, 249
September : {see also Michaelmas); hook-swinging, India, 156-7
Serbia : wtch's soul as butterfly, 204
Serpent, see Snake
Seven : Ages of Man, 402 ; at Holi, India, 61, 63, 69, 75 ; in premature birth, Kincardinesh., 349; in rites, India, 187; 7th child can heal, Piedmont, 278 ; stages of bad spirits, Siberia, 52
Seventeen : stages of good spirits, Siberia, 52
Sexual conflicts, ceremonial : In- dia, 59, 70-1, 81
Shadow : divination by. White Ruthenians, 96 ; none of psy- chic soul, Siberia, 50 ; part of man, Siberia, 51 ; spirit resides in. Nandi, 313
Shaking hands : twice unlucky, N.E. Scot., 350
Shamanism : Siberia, 45-54
Shans : comforring dead, 79 ; women's village, 483
Shape-shifting : Congo, 141 ; Jer- sey, 244 ; Kent, 367 ; Scot., 345 ; Swiss, 273
Sheep : lambskin in folk-medicine, Jersey, 249 ; sacrificed, Egypt, 303-4. 306. 3II--2. 316-7, India, 164, 169; 'swung,' India, 164,169
Sheffield : soul cakes, 288
Shela : in tales, 472-3
Shells : {see also Acorn-shell ; Cowry ; Limpet) ; as amulets, Spain etc., 210-1 {pi.)
Shepherds : frock, Newent, 146 ; wicked, souls of, Swiss, 274
Shetlands : carol, 356
Shield : in hook-swinging, India, 156, 159, 168-9, 185
Shilluks : ancestors, 314; sacri- fices, 311; spirit possession, 311- 312
Shimga, see Holi
Shingles, omen in, N.E. Scot., 350
Shir : spirit possession, 312
Shoe : in amulet, Spain, 208 {pi.) ; booted foxes, Swiss, 274 ; bride tlirows slipper at bridegroom, Morocco, 502 ; in charm, Kent, 367 ; divination by, Jersey, 247- 8 ; lucky throwing of, Jersey, 246-7 ; thrown at bride, Mor- occo, 502-3 ; unlucky on table, Cambs, 364, N.E. Scot., 349
Shoemaker, fairy, see Clutharac4ns
Short Bibliographical Notices, 144, 280, 407-8
Shrew-mouse : in tale, Assam, 489-90
Shropshire : {see also Ludlow ; Newport) ; November customs, 285-99 {map)
Shrove Tuesday : pancake bell, Yorks, 375
Siberia : {see also Sakhalin) ; en- vironment and religion, 34-54
Sikhim : tale, 479-80
Silver : against witchcraft, Jer- sey, 244
Simpson, M. W. Hilton : Super- stitions of the Shawia (Berbers), 410
Singing games : I. of Wight, 267 ; N.E. Scot., 358-9
Sirguja : drama, Holi, 75
Siva, deity, India, 78, 153-5, 171-3. 178-9, 189
Siwa in East Africa, The, by K. R. Marett, 499-500 (pi.)
