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Index.

war, Sad end of" ; " Tiai inaugu- rated funeral ceremonies." Bamboo arrows of Torres Straits, 77 ;

knives of New Guineans, 76 ; used

as vessels in New Guinea, 190 Baptismal name, Abyssinian conceal- ment of, 273 Barclay (Isabella), "Zanzibar parallel

to Jacques de Vitry," 515-516 Bargaining at bridals among Mord-

vins, 439 Barley, Russian custom of covering

bride with, 459 Earth (Auguste) et James Darme-

steter, "How they Met Them- selves," 227-233 Baskets, New Guinean method of

carrying, 63, 80 Basuto superstition of preserving

grass on which an ally has sat, 159 Bath, Tale of Wife of (variant of

" Frog-Prince" tale), 501 Bathing the bride, Mordvin ceremony,

448

Bats, Torrean folk-tale of men trans- formed into, 79 Bavaria, broom superstitions in, 157

, succession custom in, 201

Bear, Finnish accounts of origin of,

24-29

Beast skins, custom of dressing in, 13 Bed, belief that it is disgraceful to

die in, 203 Begging for apples on All Souls' Eve,

315; by women on St. Thomas's Day,

321

Beheading knife of New Guinea, 77 Berchta, dame, Twelfth Night spirit,

213-214 Betrothal purchase custom at Pos-

nau, 478 feast Mordvin, 456 ; Kal-

muk, 456 presents, Manchu ceremonies

connected with, 484, 485 Bia, migration of (Torres Straits' tale)

174-175, 190 Bibliography of Folk-Lore, 137-144,

281-288, 410-416, 525-530 Birch, Finnish magic song of, origin

of, 336 Bird, Badu legend of woman giving

birth to, 50 Bird- marriage, Russian folk- tale of,

475 Birds, totemistic prohibition against

eating, 10 Birth, Greek customs connected with,

523

Birth of Fin Maccumhail (West High- land tale), 257

of Kusa Kap (Nagu tale), 49-53,

76-77

Birthday cards, Manchu exchange of, before marriage, 484

Black (G. W.), "Player's Supersti- tions," 276-277

Black, Brown, and Grey (Fenian tale), 257

Horse (Highland marcken),

370-371

Blacksmith, synonymous with wizard in Abyssinia, 273

Blindness a mythical punishment for curiosity, 208-214

Blood, vengeance required for death by shedding of, 206

Blood-feud, payment for bride to avoid, 454

Blood-offering to Finnish water-spirit, 18

Blore Heath, tradition of, battle of, 319

Blore Pipe, tradition of Duke of Buckingham at, 318

Boeotia, keeping Easter in, 275

Boeotian custom of burning axle of bride's chariot, 459

Bohemia, wife-purchasing in, 478

immorality of early inhabi- tants of, 466

Boigu, island inhabited by spirits of dead (Torres Straits belief), 78

Bombay, broom superstitions in, 157

Bonfires, jumping over, Greek custom of, 520

Boots, burial of, of dead men to lay ghost, 135-136

Bosnia, marriage by abduction in, 476

Botida, Abyssinian blacksmith attd wizard, 274

Boundaries, importance of, in study of folk-lore, 314-317

Boys and Girls, Solomon distin- guishes between, 133-134, 354, 356

Bozon, Les Contes Moralises de Ni- cole (Review), 270-271

Bread, Mordvin marriage ceremonies connected with, 426, 428, 431, 439- 440. 444, 446, 449 ; custom of woo- ing by, 455

Brendan legend, 237-238

Breton variant of " Frog-Prince," 493- 496

Bridal chair, Manchu, 486

Bride, Manchu ceremony of inspect- ing, 483