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Lethe, 302

Levitical taboos, 43, 47

Libations, in Indian folktales, 406

Lice, 196-7

Life after death (sec Immortality), belief in attested by human sacrifice, early Japan, 322

restored to dead children by crocodile, 224

Life-token or Index, Indian folktales, 403

Lights seen on graves, and raths. Ireland, 362

Lightning-bird of the Baronga, 227-8

Lincolnshire, folklore. Death-warning, 248, Devil, Lincoln Minster and Lincoln College, and parallels, 357; Lincoln Imp, 359-60; Midnight Children and their gifts, 115; nails in skull, 457; wind and weather-holes, 249

Lind-worms, Scandinavian folklore, 460

Lines of Fate, Indian folklore, 432

Linghorn (Lincoln) College over-looked by the Devil, 358

Lions, winged, Indian folktales, 419

Lithuania, thunder-god of, 329

Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne, par Paul Sebillot, reviewed by Mabel Peacock, 333

Little finger, blood from to prevent transformation of treasure trove, 182

Hawk as totem, 237

Red Hen, (and parallel tales), by P. Redmond, 116, by M. Peacock, 361

Liverpool, auguries in Psalter-binding at University College, 115

Lizard, legends of, 182, 238

and serpent version of the Potiphar story, Indian folklore, 416

Local Folklore Meetings, in London, initiated by Miss Grove, 67

Localities, lucky and unlucky, Hebrides, 268

Locking doors during marriage ceremony, Neston, 350

Loki, 305

Log in bed to deceive, 199

wife, 209, 210

Lombards, the, 454

London, death-custom, 254, 477

Lönnrot, and the Kalcvala, 105

Lost things, beans used to discover, 154

Lots, casting of, Greek Isles, 155, 183

Louth. County, Traditions and Superstitions, by B. J. Jones, 119

Love philtres, Cos, 169, 170;

Lover's heart caused to be eaten by faithless wife, Indian folktales, 442

Lubbar-fiend, the, 360

Luck, 101, 153, and the sampo or sammas, 107

Luckbringer, various forms of, 107

Lucky and unlucky days and deeds, Greek Isles, 153, 183; Hebrides, 267, 268; Yorkshire, 349

gifts, seasons, persons, etc., Indian folklore, 434-5

Luritcha tribe. Central Australia, terms of relationship, 234

Lustration water, drunk by patient, 167

Magic, (see Charms and Witchcraft), and divination in the Southern Sporades, 151

as differentiated from Miracles, India, 402

arrows, 418; colours in, see under names, dresses, 496, 498; in Egypt, 230; in Iceland, 460; metals, see copper, iron, lead; numbers, Indian folklore, 418; laurel used in, 155, mirrors used in, 171, 230

rites, Australia, 236

songs of the Finns, 105, 106, 325, 331

sympathetic, India, 403

Magic, The, of the Horseshoe, with other Folklore Notes, by Robt. M. Lawrence, reviewed by F. Peacock. 456

Maina bird, the, 415

Malik, King of Egypt, and parallels, 230, his religion, 231

Mallorca, folklore of, see Aplech de Rondayes

Man dressed as woman and spinning, Hebrides, 271

island fatal to, see Eriskay

Mangarrah, Australian god, 33

Mango trees as life-tokens, India, 403, talking, ib., 417

Manoro, disease, Africa, 286

March, cattle-switching in, Cos, 179; cock hatched in, effective against evil spirits, 263