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Index.
Matilda, mother of Henry II. 357
Matriarchy, Amazonian, 80 ; Indian survivals of, 170
May Day, in Lincolnshire, M. Pea- cock 365 ; D. Townshend, 276 ; garland, the, at Winteringham, Lines., 365
Mayor, dipping in the sea, on elec- tion, 117
Mayurakshi river, Bengal, idol cere- monies at, 277, 278
Mecca, pilgrims to, wearing ihram or shroud, 123
Mecklenburg, folklore of, magic dresses, 129
Medea, 178; and the robe of Glaucis, 126
Medicinal folklore ; anaesthetics in Greek folklore, 234 ; ash, and shrew ash, 330 : Danish, 196, 213 ; fire to cure cattle, 215, 216, 281 ; fish-ashes, to cure blindness, Tobit tale, 243 ; Hampshire, 79 : He- brides, 85, 86, 92 ; horse cure by water and silver, 278 ; horseshoes in, 186 ; Indian, idol cures, 184, 277; Lincolnshire, 186; lunacy, Scotch dipping cure for, 377 ; Syrian, 9-14, 16, 18 ; terror of epidemics, how shown, 256 ; wizard doctors, 196
Mediterranean, the, 165
Meetings, i, 20, 124, 157, 193, 289
Megalopolis, 175
Melampus, 178
Melanesian folklore, the Kava cup in Tonga. 103
Meleagios' garth, 102
Members dead, I, 25, 224, 2S9 ; elected and resigned, I, 20, 25, 34, 137, 224, 289
Men eating with gods, 180
Mendes, city of, 164
Menelau", 102 ; marriages of his daughters, 104
Mea's shirts, worn by kitty-witches, 366
JMcraiigis de Portlesguez, French tale, 267
Merlin, 181
Merodach, the sun-god, and the creation myth, 72
Mesopotamia, 165
Metal in wells, 368
Meteorology, folklore of (see Rain a;/f/Wind) Cyprus rain-charm, 188
Mexico, folklore of, 93, 225
Milking-kits decorated for May Day
365 Minos, saga of, 99 Mirzapur, 169
Miscellanea, 84, 186, 277, 372 Mistletoe, used in Lines. May gar- land, 365 Mitra, Sarat Chandra, rain ceremony
from the Murshidabad disliict of
Bengal, 277 Mnevis, 165 Modern Mythology, by Andrew Lang,
reviewed, 67 Mohammedan festivals, India, 137,
138: marriage customs, 136; u.se
ot shrouds 123, and preparation of,
124 Mols and Agger, the people of,
Danish parallel to wise men of
Gotham, 220 Monsters, Danish folklore, 215 Moon folklore, Syrian, 18 Moonibear, a wife of Daramulun, 299 Moquis, scale and snake device of,
179 Mordvin, wedding dress, 125 Morgan, M. de, work of, referred to,
165 Morte (T Arthur, 18 1 Mote science, to cure motes in the
eye, 92 Mother-in-law's welcome to Indian
bride, 152 Mother right, 162 ; traces of, in
India, 170, 171 Motiv, das, der Unterschobenen Brazil
in der internationalen Erzahlungs-
litleratur etc., von. P. Arfert, re- viewed, 70 Mound-dwellers, Danish, classified,
213, 215 Mount Athos, exclusion of all females
from, 180 Mount Lebanon, 3 Mountain of the Sphinx, the, 179 Mozac, wheel-shaped taper offered at,
284 Mudji, or bull-roarer of Australia, 294 Mug, jug and groat buried with
corpse. Lines., 187 Mukbrogan, the, Australia, 309 Mule sans Frein tale, in relation to
the Garoain tale, 267 ; details, 268 Mull, Scotland, folklore of, 2S0 Mungan-ngaur, mythical being of the
Kurnai tribe, Australia, 296
legends of, 307, 310