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Index.

Crow, Dove, Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, Hen, Humming-bird, Jay, Lightning-bird, Little Hawk, Maina, Mountain grouse, Nightin- gale, Ntengu, Owl, Parrot, Pea- cock, Pigeons, Swallow, Swan, Talker-bird, Vultures, Woodpecker, red-headed.

as mitama-form after death,

Japan, 321

Birds affected by music, India, 415

' sanimas,' Finland, 107

talking, etc., Indian folklore,

416, 417

Bird's eggs, in May garlands, 444 Bird-skin dress of Sukuna-bikona,

309 Birth auguries, old German, 116 Birth customs and beliefs, see Bar- renness, Bath, Caul, 476 (of the Crewes), loi ; Couvade, 119, 221 ; Fatal child-birth, B. Co- lumbia, 206 ; Japanese Customs, 300, 310-12 ; non-natural, see Baiame a«^ Japanese Myth ; Lucky and unlucky days to be born on, Greek Isles, 153, Hebrides, 268 ; Midnight Children and their Gifts, Lincolnshire, 115 ; Tree-planting, India and England, 403-4 ; Twins and their mothers, Baronga tribe, 227 Birthdays, verses on the days of the

week in connection with, 349 Black boar's fleece in magic, 163

cock, lucky, Hebrides, 269

Death, how brought to Norway,

460-1

Dog of Bungay, 476

fowls' egg laid on Thursday in

love philtre, 169

handled knife in charms, i6'?,

168

Hill, Dorset, Bronze age camp

at, 479

stone bound on forehead for

strength, Cos, 179

Black-thorn, crown made of, Here- fordshire, 489

wool, etc., in charms, 279

Blaze-night customs, loi

Blazing the wheat, 101

Blessed Etienne de la Porretta, body half encased in a pillar, 361

Blessing of animals and things, Hebrides, 260, 270 ; Greek Isles, 161

Blessing of father, importance of,

Greek Isles, 495 Blood, (cock's or human) to prevent

transformation of treasure trove,

Greek Isles, 182 ; in love philtre,

169 ; used in foundations of house,

Ireland, 118 Blood-feud regulations, Australia, 238 " Blue " used for "Green " and why,

Hebrides, 265 Blue beads uses of, 154

jay, origin of, 213

Boats, blessing of, Hebrides, 260 ;

unlucky after carrying coffin, 272 Bodies of enemies strangled and

exposed, Indian tales, 442 Body of holy man half-buried in a

pillar, 361 Boiling washing- water, twice unlucky,

Hebrides, 271 Bologna, saint half-buried in a pillar

at, 361 Bones, burnt to bring rain, 230 ; dice

made of dead men's, 418 Bonfires on St. John's Eve, Cos, 179 Books presented to Folk-Lore Society,

58, 60, 258, 324, 444

published by the same, 65

Bora or mysteries of the Australian

natives, 18, 19, institution of, 492

Bordjan funeral customs, 229 ; in- heritance in female line among, ib.

Boundary streams limiting power of Evil Eye, Hebrides, 278

Bravalla, battle of, 220

Bread, loaf of, and quicksilver used to discover drowned body, II4-5

Breaking ornaments as sign of grief, India, 439

Breath, divination by, India, 438 ; identified with life, /(5., 415 ; power of, when blown in the face, Dorset, 488

Brewin, Australian God, attributes of,

Bridge of Antimachia, legend of, 182

of Dread, 349

Bristol, children's games at " Lamp- out," 336, " Cock-warning," 337

Britain, date of arrival of Gypsies in, 241

and Folklore, (Presidential

Address) by A. Nutt, 7 1

British Columbia, folklore of, " Sqaktktquaclt " or the Benign- faced, the Cannes of the Ntlaka- pamuq, by C. Hill-Tout, 195