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497

Milne, F. A. : communication by, 435-6 ; Notices to Members, 212

Mimisbrunr, spring under Yggdrasill, 268

Mint : 3 leaves in water given to babies. May, Greek islands, 330

Mirzapur, see Agariya

Mistletoe : bough of King Guiro- melans, 52 ; cut by gold sickle, druids, 26, or dirk, Errol, 26

Moab, see King Mesha

Mohammedanism : (see also Rama- dan) ; fasting and charity, 421

Moghul emperors, folk traditions of, 427-32

Monasterboice : abbot Buite mac Bro- haig, 228-9

Monday : Manichaean fast on, 415

Money, see Coins

Mongolia : baptism and naming by lamas, 263

Monkey : in animal cycle, China, 119 ; in folktale, China and Japan, 20

Monkton : St Bede's well, 255

Monmouthshire, see Caerlleon-upon- Usk ; rtK(/St Gover

Monzievaird : St Serfs well, 34

Moon : Anahita, m. goddess, Iran, 269-70 ; Brahmin sacrifices and fasting at new and full m., India, 396 ; Buddhist sabbath regulated by, 411 ; fast in honour of, Harranians, 414-5 ; fasting at new and full m., 396, 411, Manichaeism, 415, and at eclipse, Jews, 411 ; feminine, Anglo Norman, 49 ; in folktale, Khasis, 241 ; hare in, India, 21 ; Jewish Sabbath related to, 41 1-2; jinn sit in shadows from moonlight, Palestine, 64 ; Jokumara feast on Sept. full moon day, Bellary, 331-2 ; in Kafir custom, 345 ; in King Arthur romances, 49 ; in Manichaean fasts, 415 ; new, in Harranian fasts, 414- 5 ; spots are children of Teutonic legend, 279

Moqui Indians : throwing-stick, 219

Moravia : folktale, 192

Morgue the Wise, 37

Morocco : egg-shaped objects from mosque, 250 ; fasting after death, 399 ; fasting at annual sacrificial feast, 395 ; no fire made after death, 406 ; good-luck ring, 250 ; L'Ar ; or the Transference of Traditional Curses in Morocco, by Dr. E.

Westermarck, 250 ; magic practised

before breakfast, 392-3 Moses : in Jewish legend, Palestine,

72 ; Moslem festival at shrine,

Palestine, 65-6 ; no sepulchre, 72 Mosque of Omar (Jer.) : hereditary

gifts of guardians, 58 Mother of pearl : amulets against evil

eye, Italy, 189 Mother-right : amongst Herero, 245,

Khasis, 241, Nyassa tribes, 245 ;

female deities and, 223, 241 ; Dr.

Frazer's views on, 223 Mt. Carmel : cave of El Chadr, 69 Mountain ash : carter will not drive

with, Shropshire, 359 ; magic fruit.

Highland poem, 24-6 Mountains : {see also under names) ;

sacrificing babies on, Aztecs, 276 Mouse : evil effects of bite, 21 ; in

proverbs, Greek and Latin, 21 Mouse-deer : in folktales, Malays,

248 Moytura, battles of, 131-2, 138 Mpongwe : deity Nyambi, 239 Mule : of St Domenico, Italy, 188 Mungan-ngau, All Father, Kurnai

tribe, 468 Munster : (see also Collkilla ; Deisi ;

Kerry; aw^Limerick); KingCuroi,

52, 148, 161, 230; Tadg mac

Cein, 229 Mura, All Father, Dieyeri tribe, 467 Murray island : recording genealogies,

105 Music : England, 358, 360 ; negro,

Algiers, 246 ; Scotland, 247 Musical instruments : gourd, Mendi-

land, 362 Mykonos : no cooking in house of

mourning, 405 Mylitta : sacrifice of chastity in temple

of, 458 Myres, J. L. : communication on

Burial of Amputated Limbs, 83

Nablus : cave in folktale, 57 Nagas : peculiar hoe &c. of, 240 Names : of dead tabooed, Eskimo, 96 ; given in baptismal rites, see Baptism ; of God invoked, on accident &c., Jerusalem, 56; of supernatural being not mentioned, Jerusalem, 56 ; not used after dark, Palestine, 71 Narcissus : in legend of Persephone, 90