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INDEX.
Hagge, a fairy, 141
Hair, unlucky to comb, when friends are at sea, 309
Halifax, local rhyme on, 88
Hampshire, rhyme on, 82, 84
Hand, itching of the, 91
Hare, unlucky to fisher-folk, 182, 308
Hartland (E. Sidney): The Forbidden Chamber, 193-242 ; The Science of Folh-Lore, 115-121
Hay, a country dance, 143
Head, pins stuck into produce trans- formation, folk-tale incident, 291
itching of the, 90
Head-dress of unmarried Esthonian women, 162
Hedge-hog in Mongolian folk-tale, 312-313
Hereford, rhyme on, 82, 85, 86
Herefordshire, rhyme on, 83, 85
Hero tales, a section of folk-lore, 5
Herring fishing, customs during, 180
Herring, king of fish, 183
Herring Peel or Pond, name given to the sea, 52
Herts, Mayers' song in, 185-186
Hindi proverbs, 25-38
Hit, a fairy, 147, 150
Hitchen Mayers' song, parallel to, 185- 186
Hobgoblin, a fairy, 149
Hobin,the nursery horse, 149
Hogs, Hampshire, 82, 84-85
Hood-wink, a game played by the nymphs, 138
Hoopoe, in folk-tale incidents, 249-250
Hop, a fairy, 147
Hope (R. C): Itching A^iffuries, 90-91
Hopkins (Matthew), quoted on witch- craft, 146
Hornpipes, danced by the nymphs, 138
Horns of ox, treasure found in, 320-321
Horse, domestication of, 320
, origin of the, Mongolian, 319,
321
Horse-shoe, luck of, in boat, 307
House-building, stones used for, un- lucky as boat ballast, 180
House-fairy, 142
Houses, origin of, 327
Huns, Mongolian legends of the, 317, 318
Hunting legends, Mongolian, 318
Huntingdonshire, rhyme on, 82, 85
Husband, transformed into prince at night, folk-tale incident, 293
Icelandic folk-tale of " forbidden cham- ber" group, 196, 200, 220 Ilemazar, a fairy imp, 147 Incidents in folk-tales, 1, 12, 93 India, folk-tales of, 56-79, 121-133, 242-256, 328-366
, tabulation of, 170-179
Indian (North) proverbs, 16-44 Insects, killing of, in Indian folk-tales,
78 Irish folk-lore, 274-278
folk-tale of "forbidden chamber"
group, 232
mythology, 91-92
story from county Kerry, 257-267
Italian folk-lore books reviewed, 286-
287 folk-tales of " forbidden cham- ber" group, 196, 199, 200, 204, 213, 224, 229 Itching auguries, 90-91
Jackal, in folk-tale incidents, 71-74, 132-133, 353-355, 363
Jasonian cycle of stories, 202
Jijrs, danced by the nymphs, 138
Jill, a fairy, 147, 150
Jin, a fairy, 147, 150
Judgments (legal) in folk-tale inci- dents, 338-348
Karen folk-tale of forbidden chamber
group, 237 Kent, characteristics of, 82, 83-84 Kerry, story from, 257-267 Kinahan (G. H.): Burning-dralies,
282 ; Dog-bites, 282 ; Bo7iegal Folk-
Lore, 274-278 King, election of, among the Kirghis,
315
Lach-Szyrma (Rev. W. S.): Cornish Tradition alout the Epijjhany, 186 Lancashire, rhyme on, 83, 86 Larner (A. A.), tabulation of folk-tales,
172-179 Law, courts of, in Indian folk-tales, 338-348
relationship of, to folk-lore, 7-8
Leechcraft, fishermen's, 311 Leicestershire, rhyme on, 83, 85 Leland (Charles G.): Algonquin Le- gends of New England, review of, 95 Leopard, in folk-tale incidents, 269-270 Leprechaun, an Irish fairy, 153-154 Letchworth (Herts), Mayers' song at, 185-186
