INDEX.
423
" Diviner " in Yucatan, 245
Divining-rod, note on, 28-30
Dog, superstition connected with, 227; howling, sign of death (Greece), 217
Dog (mad), cure for bite of (India), 373
Dona or Pily, fabulous Malagasy ani- mal, 172
Donkey as cure for children's com- plaints, 195
Dorsetshire, superstition in, 332
Dramatic representations of May, 163, 189, 190
Drought, customs in times of (Pesha- wur), 325-328
Ducks, brood of, proper name for, 124
Durham, witchcraft and charms used in, 91
Dwarfs among the Maya (Yucatan), 254
Easter eggs, origin of (Magyar),
359-360; and the hare, connection
between, 121-122 Easter customs (Magyar), 356 Education, folk-lore in relation to,
258-266 Eggs, game with, Magyar, 357; in
Easter customs, 356 Egypt, animal sacrifice in, 92 Elf shots, 300 Elijah (prophet), associated with rain,
214 Evil eye, among the Greeks, 219, 220 ;
belief in India, 369, 370-373 ; belief
in Somerset, 228
Fables, Malagasy, 201-211, 233-243, 305-316,337-343; Sierra Leone, 290
Fairies, stories of, from Monmouth- shire, 379; Scotland, 25-27, 55-58; haunting houses, 167 ; taking children, 168; marry under trees, 90-91
Fairy-help, 27, 56
Fanany (the), fabulous Malagasy animal, 169
Featherstonhaugh (Rev. W.), on Barnard Castle, 227
Feet washing ceremony (Aberdeen- shire), 119
Female imps among the Maya, 255
Fenton (John), Folk-lore in relation to psychology and education by, 258-266 ; an Egyptian variant of Sindbad by, 60
Fern, burning it, supposed to bring rain, 213-214
Fern seed, 26
Festivals, May, 153-163, 187-190, 297; Malagasy, 104
Fever, charm for cure of (Persia), 194
Fire worship (Yucatan) 247
Fires in May-day observances, 158
Fisher folks marriage customs, 119-121
Fisherman, superstition concerning, 355
Flesh, human, made into venison, eaten by lover in legend, 144, 1 45
Folk-lore bibliography, 77-84, 344-350, 387-390,397; from works of fiction, illustrations of, 299-300; of Horace, 115-118
Folk tales, analysis of, 41-51
Folk tales, Chilian, 221-226 ; Irish, 52-55, 184-187, 316-324, 363; parallel tale to '* Thor and his goats," 383
Football played on New Year's Day (Orkney) 332
Foundation sacrifices, 23-24, 302
Fowl's heart used in cure for witch- craft, 91 ; fowls' houses put in mourn- ing at owner's death, 93
" Fox and Hens," game called (Derby- shire), 386
'* Fox and Geese " game, Malagasy equivalent for, 97
Frank (G.), on stang riding, 394-395
Friday, unlucky day, 354
Friend (Rev, H,), on Malagasy and Chinese parallels, 193; on Chinese marriage customs, 196
Fruits and crops, superstitions con- nected with, 248-251
Funeral customs and dirges among the Malagasy, 69-77
Gaelic charm, 192
Games, children's, Cumberland and Derbyshire, 384-387; Malagasy, 40, 97-106 ; with hard-boiled eggs (Magyar) 357; ball, in Irish folk- tale, 316; football in Orkney, 332
Garments, buttoning on right or left side, 197
Germany, May-chafer and spring songs in, 187-190
Ghosts, belief in (Magyar), 361
Giants and dwarfs among the Maya (Yucatan), 254
Gloucestershire, the divining rod in, 29-30
Gods (rain), 211-217, 246, 267
Gomme (G. L.), bibliography of Folk- lore publications in English, by, 77- 84, 344-350, 387-394 ; Folk - lore relies of early village life^ notice of, 302-303
