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INDEX.
Gomme (A. B.), on charm for "sty" on eye, 33 1
Grain, burnt, cure for cholera (India), 374
Gravel complaint, cure for, 124
Greek folk-lore, 217-220
Gregor (Rev. W.), Stories of fairies from Scotland, by, 25-27, 55-58; some marriage customs in Caimbulg and Inverallochy, 119-121 ; well super- stition, 227 ; Kelpie stories, 292- 294 ; burial at sea superstition, 363 ; « thirteen at table," 364 ; St. Elmo's light, 396
Hair (dog's), cure for bite of mad dog, 373
Handtmann (Von C), Neue Sagen am der Mark Brandenburg, notice of, 335
Hare, folk-lore of the, 84-90 ; connec- tion of with Easter eggs, 121-122
Hallow-fires, 26-27
Heart (fowls), stuck with pins, as charm, 91
Hope (R. C), on Derbyshire and Cum- berland counting-out and children's game rhymes, 384-387
Horace, index to the folk-lore of, 115- 118
Horse-shoe charm (Persia), 194
House in Malagasy folk-tale, 277
Houses (haunted), belief in (Magyar), 360-361 ; haunted by fairies, 167
Idiotcy caused by standing under cer- tain trees (Russia), 194
India, folk-lore notes from, 369-377
Insect bites, 93
Inverallochy (Aberdeenshire), mar- riage customs in, 119-121
Ireland, building superstition in, 23
Irish folk-tales, 52-55, 123, 184-187, 256-257, 316-324, 363
method of obtaining bad weather,
330 ; proverbs, query on, 93
Iron as cure for witchcraft, 123-124
Italy, May-day customs in, 297; super- stitions in, 300-301
" Itrimobe," man-eating monster among the Malagasy, 233
Jackson (Miss), Shropshire Folk-lore,
notice of, 229-230 Jaundice, cure for, in Tiree, 167 John o' Kent's magical skill, anecdote
of, 379 Jones's (Rev. W. H. and J. L. Kropt)
Magyar folk-lore, by, 354-362
Jug (chattering), a death warning, 121 Kelpie stories from North of Scotland,
292-294 King's evil, charm for (Devonshire),
334 ; cure for, 69-60 ; " seventh
son " cure, 397 Kinoly, fabulous Malagasy animal, 172 Knots (fairy), 55 Kraus (Dr. F. S.), Sagen und Marchen
der Sudslaven, notice of, 198 Krebs (H.), note on the death light, by,
395 ; Easter eggs and the hare, 121-
122 Kropt (Lt.), Magyar folk-lore, by,
354-362
Lach-Szyrma (Rev. W. S.), Cornish legends, by, 364
Ladybird, unlucky to kill (Magyar), 355 ; songs in Germany, 187
Landberg (C), Proverhes et Dietorn du Peuple Arabe, notice of, 199
Lalomene, fabulous Malagasy animal, 173
Lang (A.), Anthropology and the Vedas by, 107-114
Legends: Babylonian, 17-19; Cornish, 364; Malagasy, 201-211, 233-243, 273-279, 305-316; of King Rasalu of Sialkot, 129-152
Lehmann (K. von) and H. Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Die Njalssage insbesondere in ihren juristicJien Bestandtheilen, notice of, 270
Lemons, hero changes into, in Mala- gasy folk-tale, 203
" Lifting " custom in Cheshire, 269
Lincolnshire, witchcraft in, 354
Lindholme, hermit of, legend of, 379
Linen (household), omens from, 219
Lochee, superstition in, 30
MacCulloch (E.), note on the cuckoo and the swift, 394
MacGregor (G.), Collected Writing i of Dougal Graham,, '^Skellat " Bell- man of Glasgow, notice of, 366
Magicians, power of to turn into beasts (Yucatan), 249-250
Magyar folk-lore and some parallels, 354-362
Malagasy, the Oratory, Songs, Legends, and Folk-tales of the, 1-15, 3340, 65-77, 97-106, 169-174, 201-211, 233-243, 273-279, 305-316, 337-343
Malagasy and Chinese parallels, 193
March customs, 154-156
Marriage customs and superstitions in Cairnbulg and Inverallochy, 119-
