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Index.

marriage ceremonies, Basutos, 542 ; ram in folktale, Somalis, 320 ; ram of Phrixiis and Helle, 271, 393, as symbol of sun, Greeks, 270-1, 305 ; ram sacrificed to Zeus, 382 ; ram's skin slept on for dream oracle, Oropus, 272 ; ram's skin yearly on statue of Zeus, Thebes, 271 ; ram's skin of sacrifice the fleece of Zeus, 272 ; sacrificed, Feast of Assump- tion, &c., Armenia, 439

Sheftield : folktale, 103

Shell : ornament of as love charm, Australia, 159, 163 ; snail, buried at threshold to injure, E. Central Africa, 69, and in witch doctor's kit, E. Central Africa, 73

Shetland islands : folklore of, 8

Shinbone, omen from itching of, Ire- land, 462

Ship as symbol of sun, Greece, 270

Shire Highlands, see Mang'anja tribe

Shoe : in charm necklace, Yemen Jews, 191 {.plate) ; military, Greeks, 410

Shoemaker, fairy, Ireland, 340-1

Shooting stars, see Meteors

Shrewsbury : soul cakes, i

Slirike : Muntwontwa, Upper Congo,

330-1 Shrines : Korea, 447-50 Shropshire : {see also Shrewsbury) ;

folktales, 85, 104 Shwebo district (Burmah) : origin of

Ganans, 335 Shwegyaung : Shwe-hmu or tax-

gatherer,customs about, 334-5 Shwe-hmu, The, or Burmese Tax- gatherer, by D. Shearme, 334-5 Sibokos, or forbidden animals of

Bantu tribes, 203-5 Sicily : (^cJi-a/j-^Agrigentum ; Catana ;

Messina ; Palermo : Syracuse ; and

Tauromenium) ; folklore of, 128 ;

triskeles, 270 Sickle, golden, to cut sacred olive,

Olympia, 400 Sicyon : log dedicated in sanctuary,

414 ; poetess Praxilla, 389 Sidon : Zeus as sea-god, 269 Siegfried sagas : length of recollection

in, 23 Sieve used in rain-making, Russia,

161 Sigai, totem hero. Yam island, 358 Signs and omens, see Omens Silk cotton tree : cutting down re-

quires offering to duppies, Jamaica,

209 Silver : coin used in magic against

thief, Jamaica, 92 ; cross immersed

in sea, Epiphany, Crete, 214 ; un- lucky in dream, Jamaica, 211, 456^ Simla : fetishism, 223 Sinclair, Hon. Mrs., exhibit by, 130 Sindhi dialect, 222 Sin-eating, see Death and funeral

customs and beliefs Singleton, A. H., Dairy Folklore,

and other Notes from Meath and

Tipperary, 457-62 Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle, by

Miss J. L. Weston, reviewed, 239 Sithon, King, see King Sithon Sitting on table unlucky, Jamaica,

213 Sivas: pigeon let fly, Vartevar festival,

430 Skeleton in rain-making. New Cale- donia, 161 Sketch of building in which employed

unlucky, Jamaica, 207 Skin, human : diseases, cure for, E.

Central Africa, 73 ; white spots

follow cannibalism, Basutos, 245 Skins : of sacrificial animals slept on

for dream, Oropus, 272 Skull: bones in rosary, Tibet, 243; as

drum, Tibet, 243, 333 {plate);

skulls built into temple, Greek

myths, 377, 382 Sky-God, The European, by A. B.

Cook, 264-315, 369-426 Skyrrid : earth from used as church

foundations, 349, or to sprinkle on

coffin, 349; folklore from, 85-6, 349;

sacred, 349 Slavonic peoples : {see also Bulgaria ;

Macedonia : Russia ; and Servia) ;

god of, 264 Sleep, charm to induce, Jamaica, 208 Smallpox, charm against. Euro, 163 Smelling, blessing at, Jerusalem, 187 Smith, jNliss P. C, recitation by, 243 Smoke leads to thief s house, Jamaica,

93

Smoking weed keeps duppy away, Jamaica, 90

Snail: shell buried at threshold to injure, E. Central Africa, 69, and in witch-doctor's kit, E. Central Africa, 73

Snake : adder has four legs, Mon- mouthshire, 86, 349 ; Apollo and