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545

Simbirsk, bridal procession in, 437, 439

, bride journey at, 431

, bride present at, 441

government, custom of driv- ing out bridegroom in, 436

, exogamy in government of,

475

, weeping-day of, 430

wooing customs, 423-424

Sister, tribal importance of, in Russia.

472

Sisterhood, Servian artificial, 472 Sister-in-law, Mordvin custom of re- marriage with, 451 Skull divination, New Guinean, 67, 80

, of late husband carried by

Muralug widow, 192 Skye, tenant subdivision of land in,

200

Slate, Welsh divination by, 132 Slavs, Doppeltganger belief of, 404

, incest among early, 464, 469,

474

480

, marriage among early, 463-

similarity of marriage customs

to Mordvin, 451, 455

women, independence of, 470

Sleigh, Finn belief that spirit is con- veyed by, 19

Slipper, Magic. See " Rashin Coatie"

Snail, Finnish legend of origin of, 334

Snake, Finnish accounts of origin of, 37-45

(water), produced by horse- hair, 136

, with jewelled head, legend

of, 278-279

, w^omau, Mabuiag, 192

Solomon, Riddles of, in Rabbinic Li- terature, 349-358

Solomon's wisdom, legends of, 133-

135

' Son succeeding during father's life (Scandinavian practice), 200

Songs, deprecatory of, in Mordvin marriages, 429

, of Finns, Magic, 17-46, 331-

347

Sorcerer. See " Wizard."

Sorcery stones from Torres Straits in British Museum, 191

Souling, custom of, 315, 321

South-running water, persons fetching not to salute others, 280

Spain, tin trade of, 88, 89, 91, 92 VOL. I.

Spinning on highway brings ill-luck,

(Italian superstition), 164 Spirits of the dead go to Kibuka

(Mabuiag legend), 55-56 , Manchu method of exorcising

evil, 487

Spiti, succession custom in, 201 Spitting, usual fairy punishment,

209, 210 Staffordshire, apple-begging custom

in, 315 ; observance of mothering

Sunday in, 315 , See "B'lore," "High Offley,"

" Goruall."

(North) hiring times in,

315 ; apple-begging in, 315 ; well- dressing in, 316 Star Myths of Torres Straits, 53, 54,

77, 184, 193, 194, (Torres Straits). See " Dor-

gia Meta Kurabi," Dorgai i. Star-pointing superstitions. 151-152 Stone, Torres Straits sorcery, 191 Stove, introduction of Mordvin bride

to, 443, 449

Stove mother, Mordvin myth of, 432 Strasburg, apparition of man to him- self at, 228

, death warning in, 231

Striking, usual fairy punishment,

209, 212 Styes caused by refusing pregnant

woman food (Greek belief), 523 Succession of son during father's life

(Scandinavia), 200; (Spiti), 201 Sucker- fish used for catching turtle

in New Guinea, 80, 190-191 Suffolk folk-tale. See "Cap o'

Rushes." Suicide before looking-glass makes

ghost fierce, 362

Sui Pui (Kwangtung Province), gate- way shaped like rat-trap at, 360 Sumatra, threshold-stumbling belief

in, 156

Sun god, Mordvin prayers to, 426 Sutherland, belief in ill-luck brought

by turning back, 155 Swaheli folk-tale, 515-516 Swallow's nest, stealing of, sacrilege,

279 Sweden, old people thrown into sea

in, 202 Switzerland, belief in Dame Berchta

in, 213

, Kilchgang custom in, 468

Sword, uses of, in Mordvin marriage

ceremonies, 445, 447 ; at Russian

bridals, 473

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