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Hedge-sparrow ; blessed, not lucky, Hebrides, 36, 48; omen of death, Hebrides, 36 Heidelberg : fatalistic beliefs, 72 Heidenheim : Walberga, abbess of, 216 Hell : cold, in Hebrides' belief, 43-4 ;

of Larrakia tribe, 18 Hempseed sown in churchyard for love divination. Midsummer Eve, Kennet Valley, 422 Hen : (^see also Chicken ; a«(/ Fowls); crowing, cure for, Hebrides, 32, uluncky, Hebrides, 32 ; cut open and applied for pneumonia, England, 182 ; setting, Hebrides, 35 Hephaistos, and other lame gods, 88-9 Herbs in folklore, see Plants in folk- lore Hereford : St. Thomas, 217 Herefordshire, see Hereford Herla, King, see King Herla Herring : eaten for divination by dream, Hebrides, 55 ; king of fishes, Hebrides, 37 Hertfordshire, see Hatfield ; and St.

Albans Hesperides, Garden of: legend of

jewel-bearing oasis, Touaregs, 284 Hesse Darmstadt, see Maintz Hexham : St. Eata, 215 Hides : bull's, bride sits on, S. India

and Transylvania, 244 High Fernley Farm, charm from,

2, 92-4 {plate) Hill of Howth : King Conaire's fight

with pirates off, 330 Hills, see laide?- names, such as

Chakar Mari Hindu customs and beliefs, see India Histoire des Croyances, Stiperstitions, Ma'iirs, Usages et Continues (selon le plan du Decalogue), by F. Nicolay, reviewed, 336 History and Chronology of the Myth- making Age, by J. F. Hewitt, reviewed, 441-2 History, Tradition, and Historic

Myth, by A. Nutt, 84-7 Hoar Stones (Oxon) : could not be

moved, 295 ; legends of, 295 Hocktide Day : "kissing day," Hun-

gerford, 250

Hoggar tribe : legend of enchanted

oasis, 284-5 ! " ths people of the

sand." 287

Hogmany Night, see New Year's Eve

Holiday Gleanings : I. Cornwall, by

M. E. Hall, 429 ; II. Shropshire, by F. A. Milne, 429-30 Holland : (see also Frisians ; and Utrecht) ; eggshells as witches' boats, 431 ; fever and measles, cure for, 73 Holly : Christmas, burnt on old New

Year's Day, St. Briavel's, 174 Holstein, see Albersdorf Holy Island : ' petting stone ' for

bride, 231 ; St. Aidan, 215 Holy Virgin, see Virgin Mary Holy water : saved rebel angels,

Hebrides, 44 Holy wells, see Wells Home-Life of Borneo Head Htmters, The, its Festivals and Folk-Lore, by W. H. Furness, reviewed, 436-8 Hope, Lake, in Dieri legend, 416 Hopscotch, 107 Horehound, as remedy, Kennet

Valley, 420 Horn Childe, romance of, 1 1 1 Horoscopes, see Divination Horse : black, as omen, Hebrides, 49; bridegroom must ride, Jangams, 246 ; not driven by docken stem, Hebrides, 31 ; dung as poultice, 70, and as drink, Transvaal, 72 ; field mouse sign of ill-luck to, Hebrides, 35 ; " horse-heads," vil- lage sobriquet, 389 ; mane &c. tied by witches, Lindors, 1 75 ; omens from, Hebrides, 49, 52 ; phantom, Kennet Valley, 428 ; piebald, leader of consulted medi- cally, St. Briavel's, 172; tooth worn as cure for rheumatism, Bloemfontein, 181-2 ; unlucky to tell loss of, Hebrides, 30; "warts on horses' legs," Siouan group name, 389 ; witch and bewitched in shape of, Kennet Valley, 424-5 Horse-shoe : in charms against effects of 'trikhal' birth, Punjab, 65, Rohtak, 67 ; nailed on hand of transformed witch, Kennet Valley, 425 Hoshiarpur : fire sacrifice after ' trik-

hal ' birth, 66, 67 Host, sacred : given to churchyard toad, to become witch, Kennet Valley, 427 Hot, Balochi tribe, 257 Hot springs, see Springs Hottentots : Tsuni||goam and other lame gods, 88-9

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