INDEX.
283
Hertfordshire, bee superstition in, 146 Hindu birth -ceremonies, see" Prabhus" Holly, origin of, in Ireland, 265 Honeysuckle, a charm against witch- craft, 229 Horse, magic, of gold, Aino, 20; Ser- vian, 256; Sutherlandshire, 246-247 water, legends of the, Suther- landshire, 246-248 Horses, transformiition of man into,
Aino, 47 Horseshoe superstition, Eoss-shire, 265 House building for newly married, So- mali, 120
sacrifices, see " threshold "
Household omens, Washington, 91 Hudd (A.), Selling hy inch of Candle,
144-145 Human flesh, detected by smell, by giant in Hungarian folk-tale, 201- 202 Hungarian stoiy, the three lemons,
199-209 Hunt, fairy, Sutherlandshire, 219
Indecency of Aino folk-tales, 5 Indra, udders of the cows of, origin of
the cloud formation, 104 Invitation to marriage, Ceylon, 141 Ireland, folk-lore of, 51-64, 146, 265-
267 Iron, evil spirits afraid of, Hindu, 77 Island, enchanted, Antrim, 55 Islands, legend of, America, 87
Jack the Giant Killer, some features
of, 181 Japan, see " Aino ' * Jews and the halibut fish, 273 Judgment, unjust, Sutherlandshire
story, 172
Kelpies. Sutherlandshire, 172,221-229 Kieran (St.") county Tyrone, 58 Kinahan (G. H.) Irish plant-lore notes, 265-267; Halibvt, 273-274; DeviVs Glen, county WicMow, 274 King (Capt. J. S.) JVotes on the Folk- Lore and some Social Cv stems of the Western Somali tribes, 119-125
Labaalteine, Irish name for St. John's fires, 57
Lake dwellings, legends about, Suther- landshire, 155-156
Lang (A.) Myth Ritiial and Religion review of, 80-83 ; Perrault's Popular Tales, 212-218 ; Euterpe, 213-214
Language, disease of, and origin of
myth, Aino, 4 Language of animals, Aino, 10 Laughing, bride won by making her
laugh, Sutherlandshire story, 186 Leaden castle in Hungarian folk-tale,
200 Lemons, the three, Hungarian story,
199-209 Lice, origin of, Aino, 8 Lightning, fire kindled by, extin- guished only with milk, Arab. 211,
275 Liquids, dreaming of, causes rain,
Aino, 50 Local rhyme, Sutherlandshire, 238 Localitias fatal to certain people, 151 Locke (the god) drawing water, origin
of in cloud formation, 105 Looking glass, turning of, at death,
77,145 Lord's Prayer, power of, against with-
craft, 223 Lying, punishment for, Aino, 23-24
Magic horse of gold, Aino, 20 Maiden, harvest, at Balquhidder, 268-
271 Maiden names, married women called
by, Westmeath, 61; Wexford, 63 Malacca, traditions of the Aborigines
of, 64-74 Malay folk-tale, 134-139 Man, stench from, to the inhabitants
of the sky, Aino, 20 Manman (St.), Queen's County, 61 Manor court held under oaks, Ireland,
265 Maori legends of procuring fire, 147-
148; tide-lore, 277 Marriage customs, Ceylon, 139-142;
Ferce islands, 129-131; Ross-shire,
264 ; Somali, 119-125 Mai-tinengo-Cesaresco (E), Singing
Game, 211 Maui, legend of, Pacific legend, 106-
107, 147 May bushes, Clare, 54; Longford, 62;
Roscommon, 56 Meiitra, Aborigines of Malacca, tradi- tions of, 64-74 Mermaid, love of for fisherman, Su- therlandshire, 165 Metaphor, origin of folk-tales. Aino, 4 Midsummer fires, Clare, 54 ; Longford,
62 Milk, used for extinguishing fire kindled
by lightning, Arab, 211, 275