Hebrides, Folklore from, by Rev. Malcolm MacPhail, 84; Hair-dressing on Friday unlucky in, 258
Hebrew beliefs, Babylonian influence on, 72; riddles referred to, 259
Hector, 104; burning of raiment for, 117-I18
Helen, the Hanged, worship of, 178
Heliopolis, 163, 164
Henna, 139
Henry H. of England. 357
Hephæstos and Aphrodite's dowry, 111
Hera, dress of image at Olympia, weaving of, 124; primitive form of her marriage with Zeus, 184
Heræum, the, at Argos, 175
Hereditary kingship, 115
Herezield horse, in Scotland, 102
Herring and mackerel dole, 247-249; season, religious services during, in East Anglia, 246
Hertfordshire folklore, doll in, 276
Hickling, stone at, 275, 276
Hidden treasure, Syria, 17
"High Gods," the, of Australia, by E. Sidney Hartland, 290
Highland Folklore, Some, by W. A. Craigie, 372; desirability of careful collection, 379
Highlands, the home of living tradition, 47
Hindu custom of sitting on Dharna, 108; influence on aboriginal tribes, 169; law of tribal councils, 108, 118; marriage customs, in; Kush, Kaffir chiefs of, their duties, 103
Hippolytus, 177
History, a, of China, from the Earliest Days down to the Present, by Rev. J. MacGowan, reviewed, 340; the, of the Wise Chikar, date inferred for, 165; various texts, 166; translation of, 166, 167
Hock-tide and Hockney, see Kissing Day
Holy Blood, the, as relic in Europe, 360
Holy Graal, see also Grail, A. Nutt's work on, referred to, 265: Mawle, tradition of, 114; Week Observance in the Abruzzi, E. S. Hartland, with note by A. Nutt, and letter from A. de Nino, 362, 363
Homeric poems, death and funeral customs in, 117, 124; evolution of, 97, 98, III, 112; pseudo-archaism of, 119, 132; king's position in, 101, 102; land tenure in, 101, 102; place of, in development of folk-tradition, 133; parental control in, 107; reference to marriage customs in, 104, 112, 113, 126; women's position in, 104, 107, 112
Horn, summoning, at Hungerford, 283
Horse, see Herezield Horse, and Nicholson's War-horse
Horse-shoes in medicine. 186
Hospitality enforced, of chieftains, 102, 103
Horus and the crocodile, 73; as sun-god, 164
House linen, prepared by bride, Scotland, and Norway, 127
Houstry, Scotland, sacred fire used at, as cattle cure, (ill. ), 280
"How the Jaguens journeyed to Paris," Indian parallel, 171
Hungerford, Kissing Day at, 281
Hyena, witches in form of, 30
Hypnotic influence of perfume, 183; eye, 83
Iain Mac a Maighstir, tale, and parallels, 235
Icarius of Sparta, father of Penelope, 100, 111
Iceland, fishing tithe in, 249; ghosts of, 213
Idol worship, the development of, by Mrs. H. G. M. Murray-Aynsley, 183
Idols, Australian, 314; Indian, medicinal use of, 184, 185, 277; in rain-making ceremonies, 277; theft of, 278
Iguana, exogamic class-name of the Murrings of Australia, 305
Iliad, see Homeric poems
Immortality in relation to Osiris-worship, 163, 164,
India (see also Crooke, and McNair); Bengal rain ceremonies in, 277- 280 ; Brahmanism and caste in, 168; death-customs on death of a king, 116; provision of shrouds ill-omened, 122, 124; epics of, not primitive, 98, 99; family councils in, 105: and tribal meetings, 108; free food for, Panchayat at, 118; food taboos, 168: folklore of, 15; and its transmission, 70; bow-bending tale, 132: bride, public
