INDEX.
409
Lincolnshire, rhyme on, 83, 86-87
Lion in folk-tale incidents, 77, 121-124, 269-270, 353-355
Lioness, omen from death of, 283
Lithuanian folk -tale of "forbidden chamber " gronp, 212
Lizard, in folk-tale incidents, 76, 357- 359
Local customs a section of folk-lore, 5,7
traditions, 79
Locking the trunk, superstition con- cerning, 309
Lubrican, a fairy name, 153-154
Luck and unluck, fisherman's, 180-184, 308
Mab, queen of the fairies, 140-141
Machado y Alvarez (A,) : on proposed future work, 279-280; BibUoteca dc las Tradiciones populares Espan- oles reviewed, 188-189 ; the Science of Folli-Lore, 104-115
Mackerel, king of fish, 183
Magical circle in folk-tale incidents, 246-247
Malagasy folk-tales, tabulation of, 377
Mandrake, superstitions connected with, 153
Marmot, legend of the, 318-320
Marriage (brother and sister) in Mon- golian folk-tale, 314
custom, 311
songs and ceremonies, Estho-
nian, 156-161, 167-169
Marriages produce stormy weather, Scotland, 54
" Mary's Child " stories, 193-242
" Marya Morevna " stories, 193-242
Mascotte legend, 91
May day, Robin Hood sports on, 52
Mayers' song at Letchworth, 185-186
Medicine (folk), 311
Mice, unlucky to speak of, 309
Middlesex, rhyme on, 82, 86
Mining superstition, 186
Mirrors turned at death, 281
Mongolia, folk-tales of, 312-328
legend of, 283-284
Monkeys in folk-tale incidents, 128- 132, 249-250, 251-252, 253-256, 338- 339
Moon, faiiy palace near the, 139
man in the, proverb on, 90
Moore (Thos. H.) : Chilian Popular Tales, 289-305
Mop, a fairy, 147, 150
Morris (Rev. Dr. Richard): Folk- Tales of India, 56-79, 121-133, 242-256, 328-366 Moses, traditional accounts of, 134-136 Mouse in Mongolian folk-tale, 314 Music, traditional, a subject of folk- lore, 103 Myth, definition of, 3 Myth-making, 267-268 Mythology (comparative), handbook
of, 384 Mythology and folk-lore, 2-4, 104-105 Myths and dreams, book on, reviewed, 284-286
Napier (James), obituary notice of, 96 New Year custom, Durham, 282 Nichols (R. C): Good FHday Buns as
Medicine, 91 Nightmare, fairy conception of, 141 Nightshade, superstitious uses of, 152 Noodle story, Indian, 121-124 Norfolk, rhyme on, 82, 86 Northamptonshire, rhyme on, 82, 86 Northants, birth superstitions, 283;
Palm Sunday, 283 Northumberland, rhyme on, 83, 87 Nose, itching of the, 91 Nottinghamshire, rhyme on, 83, 85 Nutt (Alfred): Irish Mythology, 91-92 Nymphs, games played by the, 138
Oberon, king of the fairies, 140
Omens, Aberdeenshire, 282
Ox, domestication of, 320; legend of,
320-321 Oxfordshire, rhyme on, 82, 87
Palace of the fairies, 139
Palm Sunday in Northants, 283
Panjabi proverbs, 38-44
Parrot, in folk-tale incident, 67-69,
349-350, 351 Partridge in Indian folk-tales, 74-78 Peacock in Indian folk-tales, 124-126 Peak, cavern of the, tradition of, 81 Peasant songs of Esthonia, 156-169 . Peck-in-the-crown, a fairy imp, 147 Persian proverbs, 18-20 Phosphorescence of the sea, names for,
53, 306 Pigeon in folk-tale incidents, 329-333 sacrifice of, for luck in fishing,
378 Pigs, unlucky to fishermen, 182, 378
unlucky to meet, 282
unlucky to speak of, 309