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Rh driven away by noises, and captured, Lower Congo, 60, 185; expulsion ceremony, Philippines, 234; images offered to, Assam, 399; ndembo, Lower Congo, 195; nkwiya, Lower Congo, 55, 471–2, 476; Semitic, 381; splinter trees in thunderstorms, W. Aus., 340

Denmark: (see also Bjerre; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Iceland; and Zealand); Fra Dansk Folkemindesamling, Meddelelser og Spörsmål reviewed, 120–2; pain can be transferred, 321

Dera Dun, see Jaunsār

Deria, wind, Andamans, 260

Devil: Devil's Den, Wilts, 80; evil-speaking gains help of, Norway, 331; in folk-tale, Lancashire, 205; made Wansdyke, 80; in proverbs, Worcestershire, 346; pulls down Christmas holly, Worcestershire, 343; seen, Norway, 316; spoils blackberries, Oct. 11, Worcestershire, 343; strives to destroy cist-vaen, Wilts, 80; white, Lower Congo, 56–7; witchcraft from, Lower Congo, 56

Devil Outwitted type of folk-tales, 518

Devizes: Palm Sunday game, 81

Devon, see Exeter; Kingsbridge; Tiverton; and Washfield

Dice: Lower Congo, 462

Difficulties of a Folklore Collector, by E. Lovett, 227–8

Dingli: local taunt, 373

Dionysos: impersonated, 104

Diseases: caused by eating firstfruits without mavumba, Swahili, 435; controlled by fetishes. Lower Congo, 36; epidemic causes starting of ndembo society, Lower Congo, 190, 195; nganga's diagnosis of, Lower Congo, 184–5

Divination: by beans, Lower Congo, 188; by counting stars, Yorkshire, 348; by drawing knotted grass. Lower Congo, 188; by dreams, Assam, 139–40; by hen, Algiers, 209; by new moon, Worcestershire, 343; by nkasa-tree, Lower Congo, 62; by ordeals, see Ordeals; by spear-throwing, Assam, 138; Japan, 384; Lower Congo, 54; of crops, Assam, 138; of head-hunting, Assam, 138; of marriage, Worcestershire, 343, Yorkshire, 348

Dog: as ancestor, Eskimo, 377; birth from earth, Eskimo, 377; blood breaks charms, China, 519, and cures throat diseases, Assam, 393; charm for, Norway, 323; in folk-tales, 515, Assam, 392–3, 394–5, 399, 410, Australia, 340–2, Durham, 76, Ireland, 243, Nandi, 247–8, Norway, 329, Scotland, 243; greyhound kept under lease, Lancashire, 203; in myth of Great Bear, Eskimo, 378; name of star, Lower Congo, 477; pollutes grain, India, 508; sometimes has spirit, Lower Congo, 62

Dolls: sold as fetishes, Lower Congo, 458

Donegal, see Loch Derg

Dönheim: tale of huldre-folk, 332

Donkey: in folk-tale, Swahili, 438

Doorstep, see Threshold

Dornoch: game. New Year's Day, 481

Dorobo language, 246

Dorset: German band brings rain, 348

Doubles (apparitions): China, 520

Dove: (see also Chalcophaps indica); in folk-tales, Africa, 446–7; Japan, 250; omen from, India, 337

Down, see Newry; and Rostrevor

Dragon's blood: in love charm, Staffordshire, 221

Dreams: charm against, Lower Congo, 61; indicate incarnation of water spirit, Lower Congo, 477; omens from, India, 337; spirits visit in, Lower Congo, 61; unlucky dreams, Durham, 73, India, 337

Drihthelm, vision of, 109

Driva, valley of, see Sundal

Drolls: China, 517–8; Shropshire, 220

Dropsy: caused by spitting in fire, Lower Congo, 476

Drowning: meeting eyebrows omen of, Lincolnshire, 217

Drum: in dances, Lower Congo, 463–9; in folk-tale, Swahili, 448; friction, E. Africa, 437, Lower Congo, 466–7; "medicine," Lower Congo, 181 (plate); not allowed in ndembo, Lower Congo, 198

Duala: folk-tales, 444, 448

Dudley: local taunts, 355

Dukduk society, 104

Durham: charms, 77–8; cure for hiccough, 77

Durham county: (see also Barnard Castle; Durham; Gainford;