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at Girgenti, 253 ; prohibition to change clothes, Cos, 1S3, witch- craft on, 282 Sunstroke, charm against, 166-7 Supernatural personages and their

powers, India, 396-7 Superstition regarding Women, by

P. H. Emerson, 365 Suso no wo in Japanese myths, 318 Sussex folklore, Tipteerers Play, 186 Swallow in African tales, 222-3, 2S4,

290, 291 Swan falling in love with human being, Indian folktale, 416; grate- ful, ib., praying, ib., sacredness of, 440 Swayamvara, the, in India, 429 Sweden, hollow-backed fairies of, 459 Sweeping after sunset forbidden,

Gteek Isles, 181 Swimming, Cuchullin's prowess in, 220 Swine {see also Pigs), sacrificed at

Girgenti, 253 Swinging in the rainy season, India,

435 . Switching the Cattle, Germany, 180 Switzerland, Bible placed under pil- low to protect unchristened child,

350 ..

Sympathetic affections, Hebrides, 279 magic, instances of, Cos, 159

Taboo, Australian, of Emu eggs, 11, Levitical, parallels to, 43, 47, 55-7, morality of natives, in relation to, 6 ; Baronga, moral value of, 228, of twins and their mothers, 227 ; Indian, of women, 423, 427

as beginning of moral system,

228 ; in relation to children's games,

338

Tai fish, 311

Tailed elves, &c., Scandinavian folk- lore, 459-60

Tailors in Hebridean folklore, 281

Tain, the, triads in, 220

Tale-sprite, Iceland, 460

Talismans {see also Charms, Magic, etc.), 312, how used and counter- acted, 230

Talker-bird, 199

Talking Birds and animals, see Sqaktktquaclt, Tar-baby, Three Apples, The ; in Indian folktales, 391-2, 416-7

grateful, Greek Isles, 497,

India, 416

Tama in Japanese myth, 320 Tangle (sea-weed), milk bewitched

into, Hebrides, 276 Tap on window, death warning, 122,

123 Tapio, woodland god, Finland,

329 Tar Baby Story, Baronga parallel,

222 Tar Baby Story, The, by Miss A.

Werner, 282 Tartar tribes, sun-worship of, 297 Teeth extracted in Australian rites,

43 . Telepathic suggestion, instances of,

Hebrides, 281 Temple, Lt.-Col. R. C, The Folklore

in the Legends of the Panjab, 384 Temple of corpse touched to prevent

dreaming of the deceased, 254 Tenby, Mummers at, 186 Tenure by white bull, 356 Tests and identifications of heroes

and heroines, Indian folktales,

428-9 Teutonic migrations, 8 1, 82 Thessaly, parallels to the custom of

the lot in Cos, 155 Thesticos, 453 Thompson river, British Columbia,

Sqaktktquaclt punishes the witches

at, 207 Threads, coloured, in witchcraft, 282 ;

twisted, uses of, Cos, 180 ; passed

round fire against Evil Eye, 280 ;

tearing off cow's neck, in Indian

oath, 409 Three-headed nails against witch- craft, 483, 486-7 Three repetitions of oaths in India,

409-10 Thumb used to touch face of corpse

to prevent dreaming of deceased,

254 ; why not blessed, 279 the left, blood from in love

philtre, 169 Thunder in Japanese folklore, 317 >

the voice of the god, Finnish

folklore, 329

god, of Lithuania, 329

Thursday, 169 old German birth

augury for, 1 16, forbidden day for

spinning, Styria, 361 ; St. Colum-

cille's day, lucky, 267 Tibetan belief in spirit-possession,

422 Tiger, the, 317, 397