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Snake-gods : baptize Buddha, 263 Snanaimuq : fasting after death, 398,

and until sun has well risen, 41 1 Snedgus and MacRiagla, voyage of,

157-8, 160-1 Sneezing : before corpse, prevents

decay, Greek islands, 331 ; good

sign in sick, Palestine Jews, 72 ;

as omen, Aristotle, 213, Greek

islands, 331 Soap-boilers : haunted by e\41 spirits,

Palestine, 58 Society islands, see Tahiti Sociological Papers, vol. II, short

notice of, 354-5 Solomon, King, see King Solomon Some Former Customs of the Royal

Parish of Crathie, Scotland, by A.

Macdonald, 84-6 Some Notes from New Guinea, by

Dr. C. G. Seligmann, 251 Some West African Customs, by

Abiose, 86-8 Somerset : {see also Glastonbury ; and

Portishead) ; as Hades, 140 Sorca, country in folktale, Ireland,

29-30 Sorcerers, see Wizards Sore eyes, see Eye diseases Sores, cure for, Greek islands, 329 Soudan : {see also Khartoum ; and

Omdurman) ; amulets from, 249-50 Souls : can be thrown out with sweep- ings, Greek islands, 331 ; of unborn

in birds, Malay tribes, 455 South : wind in week before Lent,

Greek islands, 331 South America, see Abipones ; Brazil ;

Colombia ; Fuegians ; Guiana ;

Pampas Indians ; and Peruvians South Australia, see Barcoo river ;

Flinders Range ; Fowler's Bay ;

Lake Eyre : Port Lincoln ; Wilson

river ; and under names of tribes South Holland, see Rotterdam Southam, H. : Veterinary Practice,

437

Southam, PI. R. H. : Building Cus- toms, 84 {plate)

Sowing customs and beliefs : festivals, Eg>'pt, 223, India, 334

Spain : {see also Basques ; Catalonia ; and Gades) ; opening windows <S:c. to release soul, 215 ; replaced Mag Mor in Irish legends, 135-6

Spear-throwers, see Wamera

Spells, see Charms and spells

Spider : in folktale, Sierra Leone, 240

SpillahoUa, well spirit, Silesia, 274

Spirits, isle of, in Gaulish legend, 128

Spitting : as charm, Greek islands, 330

Spoer, Mrs. H. H. : The Powers of Evil in Jerusalem, 54-76

Spoiling oj Annwn, Welsh poem, 143-4, 146-7, 149, 152

Sponge : must be torn away stealthily, Aristotle, 213

Spoon : fetish, Sierra Leone Protec- torate, 426 {plate)

Sporades, see Cos

Springs : bathing in cures barrenness, Palestine, 55 ; may be haunted, Palestine, 55-6, 58; jinns connected with, Palestine, 55-6 ; sacrifice to, Hesse, 279

Sprinkling, ceremonial, Jife Lustration, ceremonial

Staff, walking, see Walking-stick

Stag : in The lady of the Fountain, 40

Stamford, see Gretford

Stanton All Saints, see Staunton

Stanton St John, see Staunton

Stations of the Cross : reversed journey round, in curse, Connaught, 348

Staunton : mysteriously disturbed coffins, 386, 389

Stealing : increases powers of fetish, Sierra Leone Protectorate, 427

Stenton, F. M. : reviews by,— Shore's Origin of the Afiglo-Saxon Race, Maine and Pollock's Ancient Law, and Seebohm's The Tribal System in Wales, 351-4

Stirlingshire, see Alva

Stlatlumh Indians: mourningcustoms, 398, 400, 407 ; first salmon not eaten by mourners, 407 ; taboos at puberty, 408-9

Stones : {see also Cromlechs ; a?ta Dolmens) ; baetyls in Grail rom- ances, 304; memorial, India, 240-2; "navel," India, 334; sacred, Gaul, III, India, 334, Palestine, 68

Stork : brings babies, 267-8 ; eggs good for ophthalmia, Greek islands, 329; messenger of rain and thunder god, 269

Storms : child born in thunderstorm dies from lightning, Hesse, 278 ; eating dangerous in thunderstorm, Germany, 410

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