INDEX TO VOL. XXIX. (1918).
Abbot of Misrule, the, 153 Africa, Central : tabu of the
widow, 42 Algonquin tribe : provision of
food for the dead, 41 Altars, hypaethral, 115 Andamanese : type of hut used
by, 119 Anglesey : mode of protection
from evil spirits, 158 seq. Animals fed at Christmas, 70 Apparitions : in Brittany, 81 Apple Sunday in Russia, 155 Archways : protection of, 142 Arrowheads, stone : believed to
be fairy darts, 317 Arval : avril bread, 84 seqq. Ass, the skin of : a protection
against fairies, 317 Atharvaveda : account of house- building in, 123 Athos Mount : use of rosaries at,
278 Atit, Atith sect : use of rosaries
by, 260 Auditor, Honorary, of the Society:
appointment of, 3 Awemba tribe : fire extinguished
at death, 44 seq.
Balance sheet of the Society,
10 seq. Baloch tribe : form of hut used
by, 119 Banshee, the : in Ireland, 308 seqq. Bantu tribe : fear of using goods
of the dead, 38 Barefoot, Mayor walking, 297 Baroda State : forms of houses,
127 Ba^il, the holy : a material for
rosaries, 260 Basilisk : bringing forth a cock's
egg. 76 Bathonga tribe : food provided
for the dead, 39 ; disposal of
goods of the dead, 38 ; village
deserted on death of the head- man, 47 Baudis, Dr. J. : review of M. E. Dobbs, Sidelights on the Tain Age and Other Studies, 169 seqq. Beads : used as mnemonic signs, 257 ; used in charms, 263 ; meaning of the word, 276
Bedawi tribe : use of tents, 118
Bell-ringing at Christmas, 148 seqq.
Bengal: houses in, 115; form of the roofs, 118 ; types of house, 122, 125 ; type of villages, 125 ; orientation of the house, 134
Bhairon, an earth-god, 138
Bhil tribe : method of house- building, 125
Billson, Mr. C. J. : on Some Mythical Tales of the Lapps, 178 seqq.
Black Pig of PCiltrustan, 226 seqq.
Blackman, Miss W. S. : on The Rosary in Magic and ReUgion, 255 seqq. ; on Traces of the Couvade in England, 319 seqq.
Blessing the sea in Brittany, 82
Boar's head at Christmas, 69
Bombay : types of houses, 122 ; ritual at entering a new house, 138
Bonfires in Ireland, 298 (
Brand Committee : Report of, 12 seqq. ; classified catalogue of material, 66 seqq., 146 seqq.
Bread and cheese at Christmas, 67
Breast-beating at death, 42
Breton folklore, 79 seqq.
Brick walls attract the Evil Eye, "5
Buddhists : use of rosaries by, 264
Bull-baiting in Ireland, 298 seqq
Burial customs : influence of, on the belief in a future state, 34 si^qq-
Burma : use of rosaries in, 265
