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Index.
Business : customs of, at Christ- mas, 154
Cakes eaten at Christmas, 66 seq. Camel bone : a material for
rosaries, 272 Car Nicobar : type of huts in,
118 seq. Carol, " The Cherry Tree," 83 seq. Cat : first entry of, into a new
house, 139 Cattle : healing of, in Brittany, 81 Caves : used as dwelling-places
in India, 116 Charms : as distinguished from
rosaries, 263 " Cherry Tree," a carol, 83 seq. Chigato tribe : tabu of the widow,
42 China : knots used as mnemonic
signs, 257 ; use of rosaries in,
267 seq. Chittagong : type of houses at,
124 Christian Churches : rosaries used
by, 274 seq. Christmas : customs, 146 seq. ; fare
at, 66 seqq. ; pigs, 68 Circular huts and churches, 117
seqq. Claddagh village : customs at,
293, 298 Cock : laying an egg from which
comes a basilisk, 76 Connacht Coast, study of folklore
in, 305 seqq. Cooking-place, tabu regarding, 141 Copts : use of rosaries, 279 Coral : used as a material for
rosaries, 261 Cork : city, charter of, 292 Corn and cattle : wassailing of,
on Twelfth Eve, 71 Corpse : removed by special open- ing' 35 ; parts preserved as
relics, 48 seq. ; removal of flesh
from, 51 Council of the Society : appoint- ment of members, 3 ; Annual
Report of, 5 Couvade, the : traces of, in
Ontario, 87 ; in England, 319
seqq. Cow : white, an omen of death,
310 ; famous, in Ireland, 307 Crickets : believed to foretell
death, 310
Crooke, W. : on The House in India from the point of view of Sociology and Folklore, 113 seqq. \ 'Prentice Pillars, the Architect and his Pupil, 219 ; review of T. R. St. Johnston, Lau Islands {Fiji) and their Fairy Tales and Folklore, 324 seq.
Crystal : used as a material for rosaries, 261
Culture : the transvaluation of, 15 seqq.
Cuttings of the flesh in mourning,
43. 53
Czaplicka, Miss M. A. : review of W, I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki, The Polish Peasant in Europe and America, 248 seqq.
Dahomey : funeral libations, 53 Date stones : used as a material
for rosaries, 272 Dead : home of the, 54 seqq. Death ; omens of, in Ireland, 308
seqq. ; in Brittany, 81 Dirges : sung at death, 42 Divination : rosaries used in, 267 Dog : black, an omen of death, 310 Doles at Christmas, 151 Dom tribe : use of huts forbidden,
120 Doors : how protected from evil
spirits, 142 ; posts, customs
connected with, 133 Drinking in Ireland, 296 Drogheda : faction fights at, 302 Dublin : annulment of charters,
295 ; perambulation of, 294
Easter Island : bird cult in, 88 seq. ;
Melanesian influence in, 161 seq. Eastern Church : ceremonies of,
163 Egg-hot : at Christmas, 69 Egypt : chamber tombs in, 48 ;
use of rosaries in, 272 seq. ; by
the Copts, 279 Embalmment of the corpse, 49 Epilepsy : cures for, in Scotland,
86 Esposito, Mr. M. : on " A Medi- aeval legend of the Terrestrial
Paradise," 193 seqq. Evil Eye, the : attracted b^' brick
walls, 115; protection of huts
from, 123
