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Partholon, legend of, 135

Parzival legend, 52, 283-4, 288, 290-4,

296, 298-9, 301-3 Passover : firstborn fast on eve of, 395 ;

passover lamb, curative, Samaritans,

75

Paton, W, R. : Folk- Medicine, Nur- sery-Lore, etc. from the ^gean Islands, 329-3 1

Patriarchy, see Agnation or father- right

Pear-tree: in folktales, 192

Peat : burnt between young animal and mother, Braemar, 85

Peg O'Nell, river spirit, 266

Peg Powler, river spirit, 258, 266, 274

Pelew islands : fasting after death, 399

Pelles, King, see King Pelles

Pennsylvania, see Lebanon county

Perceval, Sir, see Parzival

Peredur legend, 294

Persephone, legend of, 90

Persia : ancient, — Anahita, moon god- dess, 269-70, and birth goddess, 270 ; bathing, ritual, 264 ; fox sacred, 433 ; food not eaten in dark, 410 ; mourning custom, 405 ; soul hovers near corpse for 3 nights,

405 Perthshire, see Culross ; Errol ; Glen

Cuaich ; Loch Fraoch ; and Mon-

zievair.i Peruvians : annual universal wedding

day, 455 Pfalz : fasting at solar eclipse, 410 Philippines : bathing, ritual, 264 Phocis, see Delphi Phoenicia : Melkart as viewed by

Greeks, 127 ; source of timber,

ancient Egypt, 117 Phrygia : Attis not known as royalty,

221-2, but Zeus, 222 ; matriarchy

improbable, 223 Pierse Bridge : river spirit, 258 Pig: in animal cycle, China, 119;

boar's tusk as amulet, Italy, 189 ;

in Mabinogion, 145-6, 152; Mac

Datho's Boar, tale of, 230 ; urine

cures incontinence of urine, Greek

islands, 330 ; valuable in ancient

Wales, 145-6 Pigeon : eating heart cures fright,

Greek islands, 329 Pilgrimages : India, 393 Pin : crooked, thrown in well, Jarrow,

255

Pincers : as amulets, Servia and Sierra Leone Protectorate, 426

Pine-tree : in Arthurian romances, 49- 50. 52

Plague : charm against, Ireland, 348

Plants in folklore, see Agriopetalida ; Bamboo ; Broom ; Bu Jpri ; Goose- berry bush ; Henbane ; Irriakura ; Mandrake; Margosa ; Mint; and Mistletoe

Ploughing customs and beliefs : jata- kas, 22

Plowright, Dr. C. B. : Dairy Folklore in West Norfolk, 435-6

Pluto : and Proserpine, 90 ; god of mallet as, Gaul, 139

Pocock, W. Innes : Supplementary Notes on Cat's Cradle and String- Tricks, 325-9

Poland : folktales, 192-3

Poli feast, India, 334

Polygamy, see Marriage customs and beliefs

Polynesia : {see also Easter island ; Fiji islands ; Loyalty islands ; Rotuma island ; Samoa islands ; a7id Society islands) ; Maui, legend of, 396-7; string games, 113

Pompeii, see Baiae wells

Ponaturi, water people, New Zealand, 274

Popular Poetry of the Baloches, by M. Longworth Dames, 8-9

Porro society, Mendiland, 362, 423-5 {plates)

Portishead : string game, 329

Port Lincoln : tribal organisation, 184

Portraits : objections to, Vaud, 83 ; signs against, Vaud, 83

Portugal : folktale, 193

Possessed or haunted, see Haunted

Potiphar's wife, parallel to story of, 20

Potter's kiln : ashes from in agri- cultural magic, India, 332

Powers of evil in Jerusalem, The, by Mrs. H. H. Spoer, 54-76

Prayer, verbal errors in unlucky, Palestine Jews, 72

Pregnancy, see Birth customs and beliefs

Premeaux : statuette of Dis Pater,

136-7 President, election of, 4-5 Presidential Address, 4, 6, 12-23 Pretas, in jatakas, 22 Principles of Fasting, The, by Dr. E.

Westermarck, 391-422