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INDEX.
393

Red Riding Hood story, South African, 167-168

Revesby, morris dance, 331-355

Rhymes, children's game, 247-259

Rhyming formulas in games, 239-244

Riddles, 259-264; incident of, in folk-tales, 153

River gods, Aino, 58

——, Mordvin, 72

—— Kelpie, Scotland, 200

Roe, witch transformation into, 284

Roman practice of keeping the name of the tutelary deity secret, 155-156

Rosy-apple, lemon, and pear, game of, 210

Rouse (Denham), Baldur Story from India, 61

Rowan-tree, Scotland, 41

———, protection against witches, 277

——— wood, couple-roots made of, 281

Rules of the Society, 371-372

Rumpelstiltskin, story-group, 135-163

Russian festival customs, 85-87


Sacrifice of animals, Votyak, 129

Sacrifices, Coorg, 305

Sacrificial places and feasts, Mordvins, 81-88

Sagas, church-building legends from, 152-153

St. John (R. F. S.), Indo-Burmese folklore, 306-313

Sale of wife, Yorkshire, 318

Sally Walter, game of, 207

Sanchez (Maria de), Ears of babies pierced in Spain, 315

Sayce (A. H.), Cairene Folklore, 191-195

Scandinavian festival, 178

——— folklore, 55-57

Schools, collection of folktales in, 20-21

Scotland, bread, 195-198; Kelpie stories, 199-201

———, objection to names being told, 159

———, animal superstitions, 42-43; fishing folklore, 43; tree superstitions, 41-42

———, witchcraft in, 277-286

Scottish story of Rumpelstiltskin, 145

Seeds, ceremonial use of, at New Year's festival, 126

Shadow, devil catching, 284

Sheaf, the last, 48-49

Shearing-match, witch assists in, 283

Sheep sacrifice, Mordvin, 82

Shell bread, made of first bag of corn, Ireland, 38

Shivering of sacrificed animals, 129, 130

Siam, prohibition against using the sovereign's name, 158

Siberian folklore, 61-62

Sicilian folklore collection, by Dr. Pitré, 62-63

——— tales, collection of, reviewed, 322-330

Silver used to shoot witches, 286, 288

Skill, games of, children, 231-236

Sky god, the supreme creator of the world, Mordvin, 74

——, god of the, Votyak, 128

Snake, water, horse's hair turned into, 317

Solomon's wisdom, story of, 315-316

Somali, superstition of the hare, 23-24

Somersetshire, see "Staple Fitzpaine"

Sorcery, New Guinea, 320

Souls, destination of good and bad, 70-71

Sowing, legend of goddess's influence upon, Mordvins, 105

Spanish folktales, 59

——— folklore, 174-175

Spanning, cows measured by, 282

Spinning, deformities from, 150

———, goddess of, Mordvin, 104

———, performed by goddess, Mordvin, 105

Stables, rowan-tree hung on, 277

Staffordshire sayings, 294-295

Stag, devil in shape of, 287-288

Staple Fitzpaine, Somersetshire, devil's stone at, 61

Stone in the body of raven, produces invisibility if swallowed, 56

——, blue, magical in church at Fladda, 45

Stork, veneration for, Scandinavia, 57

Strathdon, witch stories from, 278, 279, 280

Suffolk story of Rumpelstiltskin, 138-143

Suicide of bears, Scandinavia, 55

Sun, prayer to, for good crops, Mordvin, 71

Sun-god, Mordvin, 71

Sussex, unluck of divulging child's name, 160

Sutherlandshire folklore, 53-54

Swallow, tradition of, Scandinavia, 56

Swedish story of Rumpelstiltskin, 146-147

Sword dances, 332, 333