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497

Unicorns' heads as gable ornaments, Tirol. 322

United States of America : {see also Pennsylvania) ; Starr's American Indians reviewed, 206-7

Uppland, lawman and council, 282 ; Fro the tribal god, 293

Upsala, evergreen tree and spring, 82, 299-300 : human sacrifices in- stituted by P"ro, 294 ; priestly offi- cials, 281-3, 289 ; worship ol Niord, 83 ; worship of Fio, 292, 294

Uvula, swollen, cured by pulling, tying, and knotting tuft of hair, Hebrides, 446-7

Valentine's Day, owl and sparrows caught and carried round, W. Eng- land, 251

Valkyries, 86

Valnomia, see Avezuha

Van Diemen's Land, see Tasmania

Vanes or weathercocks, see Weather- cocks

Vanity, Cairene saying about, 382

Vasudeva or Katora, toy commemo- rating miracle by Krishna, 15

Vates, Gaulish, accounts of, 269-70

Veillee, La : Douze Conies Troditits du Roiimaifi, by J. Brun, reviewed by M. G., 313-4

Venice, bull-baiting, 256 ; head of Marin Falier laid between knees,

.413 \ enkataswami, M. N., Hindu Notes,

218-9 Vermin, rites explained as protection

against, 221 Vestitza, see Avezuha Vibule, inscription on Roman lamp,

323-4 Victoria ; Mathew's Eaglehawk and

Crow reviewed. 101-3 Virgin, Holy, see Holy Virgin Volga Russians, king holy, 286, and

viceroy appointed, 288 Votive tablets to ./f^sculapius, 90

Wagtail : Cairene saying of water wagtail, 380 ; respected locally, 242 ; when first seen, disease averted by running &c., 254

Walcyries, 86

Waldeck : {see also Lelbach) ; lizard respected, 240

Wales : {see also Anglesey ; Carnar- vonshire ; Flintshire ; Glamorgan-

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shire ; Montgomery.shire ; and I'owis ) ; cricket and cuckoo respected, 240 ; horses' heads as gable ornaments, 322 ; squirrel hunted, Christmas, 251 ; wild fowl and poultry tabcoed, 243 ; wren respected, 242, and eaten, 250 ; Rhys and Bryrmor-J ones' ^\ clsh People reviewed, 399-401

Walrus, form of human being, Norway, 236

Walsham, North, see North Wal- sh am

W^ard, Mrs. Flumphry, on Miss INIary H. Kingsley, 350

Warminster, sabbath-breaking story from, 458

Washer of clothes in m.oonlight, Korean river spirit takes form of, 332 ; .spectral lavandieres of shrouds by moonlight, Noimandy, 426

Wasp, first seen killed. 254

Water j {see also Baptismal water ; Bathing ; Lakes ; Pools ; Rain ; Rivers ; a«a' Wells) ; conveys virtue of fairy dog's tooth ior healingj Holm (Lewis), 450-2, of seventh son to cure king's evil, Ross-shire, 448, of rhinoceros horn as antidote, Cairo, 380, and of snake's horn, Cyprus, 121 -3 ; drunk from skull to cure epilepsy, Hebrides, 446 ; drop m ear fatal to horse or donkey, Cairo, 380 ; Nile water when smooth frees from disease if drunk, 380

Water demon, appears to sabbath- breaker, Wiltshire, 347

Water dragon, overcome by Krishna, 13; inhabits lakes, Korea, 33 1 -2

Water horse, W. Scotland, 422

Water-melon, see Melon

Water monster, original of demon cat with which Arthur fought, 415-6

Water nymph, mother of Krishna as, 4

Water of Life, The, by G. A. Grierson, 433-4 ; can be drawn from little finger, E. Hindostan, 433-4; in Greek folktale, 342-3

Water-seller's Son, The, Greek folk- tale, 452-4

Water spirit, near Cairo, 387-8 ; St. Christopher as, 15

Water spirits, drowned persons be- come, Korea, 331