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INDEX TO THE FOLK-LORE, &C. OF HORACE.

Deluge, the, C. I. ii. 7-12.

Dice: the highest cast called " Venus," C. II. vii. 25.

Divination by apple pips, S. II. iii. 272.

Dreams: the ivory gate in the house of Sleep, C. III. xxvii. 41; true after midnight, S. I. x. 33.

Eagle, the, thunder-bearer of Jove and king of birds, C. IV. iv. 1-4.

Eggs, cocks hatched from long and hens from round, S. II. iv. 12-14.

Evil eye, Epp. I. xiv. 37, 38.

Faunus, the field god, C. III. xviii.

Festivals, gifts on, C. IV. viii. 1-12.

Figure-head on ship, C. I. xiv. 9, 10.

Fire, origin of, C. I. iii. 27-33.

Fortune-telling, C. I. xi. 1-3; S. I. vi. 113, 114, ix. 29-33.

Fountain-head of a stream, sacred, C. I. i. 22.

Funeral customs, S. I. vi. 42-44, II. iii. 84-87; A. P. 431-433.

Funeral offerings, C. II. i. 25-28.

Genius, a man's, C. III. xvii. 14; Epp. I. vii. 94, II. i. 144, ii. 187; A. P. 210.

Ghosts and power of spirits, Ep. v. 91-96 ; Epp. II. ii. 208.

Gifts on festivals, C. IV. viii. 1-12.

Goat and Tragedy, the, A. P. 220-222.

Graves, leaping over, an affront to the dead, C. III. iii. 40-42.

Hearth, sacred, Ep. ii. 43.

Hellebore, see Medicine.

Hemlock, see Medicine.

Hide and seek, the game, C. I. ix. 21-24.

Insanity: produced by the influence of the moon, A. P. 453-4; cured by hellebore, see Medicine.

Ivy, see Trees.

Julius Cæsar: his spirit appearing as a comet, C. I. xii. 47.

Lares, C. III. xxiii. 1-8, IV. v. 29-36; S. II. v. 14.

Largesse, S. II. iii. 182-184.

Laurel, see Trees.

Left wall of a building, propitious, C. III. xxvi. 5.

Love-potions, Ep. v. 15-28.