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 GENERAL INDEX.

Abigooga, home of creator of first blackfellow.Larrakia tribe, i8

Accounts of Folk-Lore Society, lO

Achrean, etymology of, 442

Achaia, see ^^gira

Achilles : Cuchulainn a parallel hero, 332 ; as sun god, 441

Adam, in Hebridean folklore, 31

Addy, S. O., Butterfly Charm, 432; The Collection of Folklore, 226, 297-9 ; Garland Day at Castleton : Addenda, 313

Adeney : place rhymes, 391-3

/Egira : prophetess drank bull's blood,

Afghanistan : (see also Sulaiman hills); divination by shoulder blade of sheep, 50

Africa : [see also Algeria ; Amazulu ; Aros ; Ashanti ; Bantu ; Benin ; Berbers ; Calabar ; Cape Colony ; Dahomey ; Egypt ; Fanti ; Hotten- tots ; Madagascar ; Natal ; Orange River Colony ; Sahara Desert ; Soudan ; Transvaal ; Tsinyai ; Tunis ; and Uganda) ; dreams give messages from ancestors, 22 ; south, stick or assegai made useless by woman stepping over it, 238 ; ■west coast, " trade " bead, 338

Agbarus of Edessa, apocryphal letter of, used as charm, Kennet Valley, 424

Agnation or father-right : among Aus- tralian tribes, 317-8

Agricultural folklore : {see also Corn spirits, vegetation souls, and the like ; Harvest customs and beliefs ; Millet; Ploughing customs and beliefs ; and Sowing customs and beliefs) ; god. Sea Dyaks, 370 ; operations lucky about Beltane, Hebrides, 40-1

Ague, cure for, 182

Ahmadnagar : marriage rites, Kattais, 242-3

Ahnet mountains : fabulous monster, 286

Ainu : inao, 24-5

Air district of Sahara: legend of jewel palace and fruits, 284-5

ceremony,

Aire (France) : village sobriquet, 384

Aland islands : maypoles with yew twigs, 96

Albersdorf : marriages associated with dolmen, 235

Alcheringa traditions of Arunta, 318-9

Aleppo : traditional origin of Balochis, 256

Alexandria : St. Eufrosina, 215

Algeria, see Hammam Meskoutine

Algonquins : totemism among, 347-9

'Ali the prophet, Balochi stories of, 260-1

Allandur : fire - walking 89-90

Alligator, see Crocodile

All Saints' Day : saying if on Wed- nesday, Hebrides, 41

All Souls' Day : alms given, Hebrides, 41.

Alnwick : ' Petting Stone ' rite at Whittingham, 227-8

Aloe indica, decoction of, used in fire- walking, 90

Aloe, lign : leaves offered at graves, Japan, 277

Alsace, see Elsass

Altars : of " long ju-ju," Niger delta, 167-70 (plate)

Amazulu : household snakes in- habited by dead, 353, and as soul- boxes, 359

America, see Central America ; and North America

Amritsar : girl after three boys lucky, 66

Amulets and talismans, 152, 218, 337-8, 340-7, 424

Ancestors : dreams are messages from, Africa, 22 ; marks of husband's, tatooed on wife, Bonabe, 208 ; re-born, Arunta, 322, Thlinket, 355 ; tiger as, Sumatra, 366 ; wor- ship arises from change to father- right and evolved from totemism, 320

Andre, J. L., death of, 5, 28

Anglesea : channel for transit of Druidism, 325

Angouleiiie : village sobriquet, 384

Animals in folklore : (see also Ante- lope ; Ass ; Bear ; Birds in folk- lore ; Buffalo ; Bull ; Calf ; Camel ;

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