Index.
439
Limestone : used in amulets, 407,
408 Lion : supposed to be born when
rain is falling, 75 ; skin of,
used as a charm, Berbers, 240 Listener to the Dead, the, 93 Little John : grave of, 154-5 Lizard : an unlucky animal, Ban-
tus, 73, 74 Lloyd, Miss L. C. : obituary of,
gg-ioo London: game of "Tommy in
the Tubs," 157 Long Man of Wilmington, the,
162 Love charms : East Africa, 75-6 Lunatics : respect for, 348
Mackinnon, D. L. : on a game of
children, 215 McManus, Miss L. : Folk Tales
from Co. Mayo, Ireland, 178-95 Madras: deities doing penance, 43 Maghsim festivals : Santal tribe,
50 Magic, 346 ; black, in Australia,
90-1 ; sympathetic, in India,
31, 52 ; among Berbers, 239 ;
medicinal, Berbers, 245 Magician : the public, 349 Mahar tribe, India : girl possessed
at Dasahra festival, 30-1 ;
buffalo sacrifice, 41 ; girl swung,
48 Mahavrata : a Vedic rite, 40-1 Mahishasura : a demon, India, 58 Malayali tribe : annual hunt,
India, 53 Man : abnormal, deification of,
347
Mana : Manaism, 345, 349
Manism, 349
Manning, Percy : Bringing in the Fly, 400-3
Map, W. : De Nugis Curialium, reviewed, 101-3
Marathas : observance of Dasahra festival, 36-7 ; time for com- mencing campaigns, 51 ; sword worship, 54 ; bird cult at Dasahra festival, 57
Marrett, R. R. : Presidential ad- dress, 10-27 ; The Threshold of Religion reviewed, 109
Marriage : theories of, 123 ; con- nubium and prohibited degrees, 346
Matriarchy, 343
May Day : observances at Ship- ton-on-Stour and in Worces- tershire, 95
May garlands : in Worcestershire, 95
Medium, the, 348
Meetings of Folklore Society, 1-2, .113-14. 337-8
Mid Lent Sunday : observances, Worcestershire, 96
Migrations, 23, 349
JNIikado, the : immobility of, 32 ; his position, 350
Militarism : growth of, 353
JNIillipede : dreaded. East Africa, 73
Monarch, the : worship of, 354
Monday before Shrove Tuesday : observances, 360-1
Montenegro : burning the Yule Log, 207-8
Mothering Sunday in Worcester- shire, 94
Mothers, the : cult of, 346 ; god- dess in India, 36, 37
Mountains : the home of the dead, Indonesia, 144
Mtua Plant : magical. East Africa, 76
Muldarbi : an evil spirit, South- East Australia, 90
Munda tribe : annual hunt, India,
53 Myths in Samoa : their value, 179 Mzumai : a substance used in
magic. East Africa, 78
Naga tribe : head-hunting, India, 84-5 ; legend of origin, 86
Nails : time for cutting, Glouces- tershire, 210
Names : unlucky, not used, Ber- bers, 250
Nature : forms of, deified, 347
Nauratri festival : India, 29
Nepal : observances at Dasahra festival, 42 ; courts closed and prisoners released, 57
New Year's Day : securing of luck, Suffolk, 162 ; observances on, Durham, 212
Newar tribe ': blood sacrifices, 43
Nidget tree : visited by lovers, Oxfordshire, 139
Nim tree : its importance in village festivals, India, 34
