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Rh Members deceased, 1, 5, 129-30

Members elected, 1-2, 129-31, 242-3

Members resigned, 1, 2, 129

Menecrates of Syracuse as Zeus, 303

Men's houses of primitive peoples, 109-10

Mentone: illness from casting spell, 128; love philtres, 128

Mere (Wilts): bull-baiting, 200

Merops, King, see King Merops

Merrick, W. P., communication from, 194-8

Messene: lots cast for by Heraclidæ, 290

Messenia: (see also Messene); Melan-thus the Neleid, story of, 396

Messina: folklore from, 128

Metals in folklore: (see also Copper; Gold; Iron; and Silver); precious, in magic, 362

Meteorites, 477

Meteors: identified with magic spears, Arunta, 159

Mexico: ancient,—astronomical origin of religion &c. of, 118; swastika in, 118

Mezreh: foundation sacrifice, 441-2

Mganga or medicine man, E. Central Africa, 71-2

Midas, King, see King Midas

Midday: stones thrown at may hit ghost, Jamaica, 211

Middlesex, see London

Mider, husband of Etain, 65

Midnight: dangerous to sit then at threshold, Jamaica, 208: duppy comes at, Jamaica, 212

Midsummer: decorations and "La Môme" at, Guernsey, 121

Midsummer Bonfires, by A. Macdonald, 105-6, 350-1

Miletus: Apollo god of the oak wood, 417; temporary priestly kings, 394

Milk: not thrown in fire, Jamaica, 456

Milking: failure to milk sign of wish to marry, Basutos, 252

Milky Way: Seirios the traverser, 12

Millet: in folktales, Nyassaland, 345-6; not grow unless bitten by "la rouille," Bachwene tribe, 205

Milne, F. A., translation of Arthur and Gorlagon, 2, 40-60

Ministers, see Clergy

Minos, King, see King Minos

Minotaur, story of, 272, 305, 396

Minutes of meetings, 1-4, 129-31

Miracles of Moorish saints, 367-8

Mirrors, see Looking-glasses

Misfortunes never come singly, Somali folktale, 322-3

Mistletoe: cult of Mistletoe-Apollo, Rhodes, 425; extinguishes fire, 424; life-blood of oak, Greece, 424; solar powers, 425

Mnyanja tribe: folktale, 344-6

Mock Burial, by A. Werner, 347-8

Mòdr, sacred dairy at, Todas, 175

Mold: gold-clad giant, 23

Moles on body, omens from, Jamaica, 450, 456

Molimo, deity, Basutos, 248, 257-8

Molossi: (see also Ambracia; and Passaron); myth of King Munichus, 389.

Molottis, see Passaron

Môme, La, in Midsummer ceremony, Guernsey, 121

Monaghan, see Farney

Monday: (see also Whit Monday); first after Christmas, bull-baiting, Stamford, 201

Money guarded by adding gravel &c. to it, Jamaica, 94

Mongolia: (see also Kiachta; and Urga); rain-making, 433; shrines on passes, 447

Monkey: in folktale, Upper Congo, 329

Monmouthshire: (see Abergavenny; Argoed; Buckle; Grosmont; Kentchurch; Penallt; Penllan; Pen-y-van; Skyrrid; Sugarloaf Mountain; and Trelleck); Monmouthshire Folklore, by J. H. Matthews, 348-9; Monmouthshire Notes, by H. C. Ellis, 221; Wizardry on the Welsh Border, by Miss B. A. Wherry, 75-86

Monsembe: folktales, 326-31

Montsabran, the oak of, name of clouds, Anjou, 293

Monywa district (Burmah); origin of Ganans, 335

Moon; on coins, Macedonia, 411; in exorcism, E. Central Africa, 71; new, ceremony at, Jerusalem, 187, 192-3; new, in charm to see future husband, Ireland, 461; new, fields not visited at, Bachwene tribe, 205; new, money shown to, Jamaica, 213, or turned over at, Jamaica, 455; new, must not be