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Index.

Scottish Amulets, by D. Rorie, 231-2 Scraps of English Folklore, 72-83,

216-2^. 342-9, 48S-91 Scrivener, Rev. A. E. : exhibits by, 2 ; Fetish Figure from Bolobo, Upper Congo, 312-3 {plate) ; re- view by, — Starr's A Bibliography of Congo Languages, 243-4 '■> Upper Congo Charm against Leopards,

499

Sea customs and beliefs : fish scarce after shipwrecks, Cornwall, 488 ; gods and men from ocean, Greeks, 423 ; spirits weave white men's cloth, and enslave blacks' spirits. Lower Congo, 479

Sea-gull : in folk-tale, Japan, 252

Sechwana : folk-tales, 247

Secretar}', election of, 5

Secret societies : Lower Congo, 189- 201, 307

Seeds : in game. Lower Congo, 459- 60 ; in love charm, Lower Congo, 41 ; planting customs. Lower Congo, 31 1

Selkirk : burlymen, 90

Selkirkshire, see Inverleithen ; and Selkirk

Semiramis, see Queen Semiramis

Sefuitic Magic, by R. Campbell Thompson, reviewed, 379-83

September : {see also Michaelmas Day) ; 30th, Erough Hill Fair, Westmoreland, 75

Serpent, see Snake

Servia : {see also Roumanians) ; Easter eggs, 300 _

Seven : in divination, Yorkshire, 348 ; in folk-tale, Assam, 407 ; in magic, Wilts, 80

Seven Sages of Rome, The, by Killis Campbell, reviewed, II5-6

Sex metamorphosis, Burma, 212

Sexual morality : superstition streng- thens, 242

Sgilti Lightfoot, 106

Shakespear, Mrs : exhibits by, 386 ; notes to Folk-Tales of the Lushais and their Neighbours, 413-7 {plates)

Shambala : folk-tales, 247, 450

Shangani : folk-tales, 128

Shape-shifting : by fairies, Worces- tershire, 347 ; in folk-tales, 515, Assam, 392, 401-3, 409-11, Malays, 85, Sarawak, 83-5

Shark : fossil teeth as amulets, Whit-

stable, 65 ; origin of man, Greeks, 424

Sheep : ram in folk-tale, Durham county, 75 ; rams horn as amulet, Rome, 71 ; tabu on flesh, Swahili, 436 ; tallies for, 65-7 ; unlucky to hear, before seeing, lambs, Durham, 72

Sheepfold : in charm against consump- tion, Oxfordshire, 218

Sheffield : {see also Bolsterstone ; and Ringingiow) ; " burying cakes," 349 ; cramp, charm against, 348

Shells : {see also Ba-sheW ; Conch shell ; Cowrie shell ; and Snail shell) ; as amulets, Nyassaland, 455-6 ; in folk-tale, Nyassaland, 455 ; to hold charms, Lower Congo,

473.

Shenzi : as tribal name, 433

Shepherds : Superstitions and Sur- vivals amongst Shepherds, by E. Lovett, I, 7, 64-70 {plates)

Shetland islands, see Lerwick

Shire river : folk-tale, 454-5

Shooter, Miss M. : Scraps of English Folklore, 4S8

Shooting stars, see Meteors

Shrewsbury : simnel cakes, 203

Shrimp: eating tabued. Lower Congo, 308 ; wife of Puluga, Andaman islands, 495

Shropshire : {see also Dawley ; Ford j Pontesbury ; Shrewsbury; Sibbers- cot ; Summerhill; ««</ Wellington); Ascension Day rain cures bad eyes, 491 ; in Staffordshire sayings, 220

Shrove Tuesday : ball games, 121 ; cock-throwing, 206 ; " pancake bell," Durham, 72 ; pancake-eating custom, Cheshire, 206

Sibberscot : " hand of glory," 219

Sicily, see Isnello

Sickness, see Diseases

Sierra Leone : folk-tales, 211

Sikes, E. E. : Four-footed Man : a Note on Greek Anthropology, 42 1 -3 1

Silbury ; burial tradition, 79-80 ; golden figures at, 80 ; mound made by devil, 80 ; Palm Sunday customs, 80 ; no snakes, 80

Silver : in amulets, Scotland, 231 ; bullet kills giant, Norway, 330 ; or hiildre-io\\i, Norway, 335 ; coin as godfather's gift, Norway, 317; coins buried in churchyard, Norwaj', 320 ; old s. into churn, Norway, 322