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Index.

FAIR, Brown aiid Trembling, 256 Fair of Fair Maidens (Chan Fan,

China), 364

Fairy animals. See " Eashin Coatie." - birth legend, 207-8

cures, 301

eye-salves, 208, 209

hill, 300

punishments, 208. 209

tales, English 'and Scotch,

289-312

tasks. See " Nicht Nought

Nothing." Fairies, assistance of, 303

drowned at Ferry, 276

Family communism of early Slavs,465 Farmers, superstitions of Greek, 161 Fascination and hypnotism (letters),

274, 405 Father-in-law, visit of Mordviu, 434

not allowed to see bare feet

of Mordvin woman, 450

Feasts, Manchu marriage, 486, 489

Feet of mother-in-law washed by Chinese bride, 366

, Mordviu prohibition of bare,

in wives, 450

Ferjiaus in Castle of Fear Dubh, Fin Maccumhail and (West Highland tale), 257

Fern-seed, superstitious connected with, 279

Ferry, drowning of Scotch fairies at, 276

Ffynnon Elian, divination at, 131

Fin Maccumhail, birth of, 257; and Fenians of Castle Fear Dubh, 257; and knight of full Axe, 257; and Gilla na Grakin, 257; aud seven brothers, 257; and son of King of Alba, 257

Finch, Finnish belief that bear was rocked by a, 24

Finn, accounts of origin of Bear, 24-29 ; Cat, 30 ; Dog, 30-31; Elk, 31-32 ; demons of, 32-33 ; Horse, origin of, 33; Pig, 34; Seal, 34; Wolf, 35-37; Snake, 37 45; Viper, 45-46; Lizard, 331-334; Snail, 33 i; Raven, 334-335; Titmouse,

335 ; Pike, 336 ; Cabbage-worm,

336 ; Wasp, 336 ; Birch, 336 ; Flax, 337-338 ; Oak, 338-342 ; Trees, 343-348 ; Copper, 348

Finno-Ugrian marriage customs similar to Mordvin, 451, 455

Finns, corn charms of, 18 ; varieties of charms used by wizards of, 19 21

Finns, hunter's charms of, 17 ;

water-cure charm, 18 , magic songs of, 17-46, 331-

348, marriage by purchase among,

453 Firbolgs and Tuatha de* Danann,

conflicts between, 244-245 Fire and Totems, origin of (New

Guinea legend), 185, 195, Polish brides conducted

round, 460 , shelter of goods after a,

refused at Kwongsai, 364 Fire-house, sacrilege to steal swallow's

nest from, 279

Fire-myth of Torres Straits, 185, 195 Fisherman's son and Gruagach of

Tricks, 257 Fish*market made to prognosticate

success, China, 360 Flax, Finnish magic songs of origin

of, 337-338

Flesh, feeding of magic bird with, 505 Floreut, Gower's tale of, Frog-Prince

story in, 500 Flowers, use of, on May-day in Greece.

518 Folk-lore bibliography, 137-144 ; 281-

288 ; 410-416 ; 5*5-530

, collection of English, 313-330

, importance of geographical

boundaries in, 314-317; relation of

history to, 317-322 ; methods of

collecting, 322-330

from Cairo, 521-523

, notes on Chinese, 359-368

Folk-lore Society, annual meeting of,

398-402 Folk-songs, report on Italian, 261-

267 Folk-tale and its foundation in usage,

Highland, 197-206

, recent research on, 108-117

Food offered to propitiate Finnish

deities, 17

Footprint superstitions, 157 Fortune-tellers' employed at Manchu

marriages, 484 Fowl (white) given to appease ghost

of mother died in childbed, 361 Foxes, flying, Badu dead transformed

into, 58

France, King of, and Fin Maccum- hail (West Highland tale), 257 Frazer (J. G.), " Some popular super- stitions of the Ancients," 145-171 ;

Easter in Greece," 275-276; ' High- land superstitions iu Inveruc^.j