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557

Vampires: Assam, 413, 420 ; China, 520

Vancouver : folk-song, 86

Vegetables, see Fruit and vegetables

Venkatasvami, M. N. : Two Hindu Singing Games, 337-40

Venus (planet) : myth of origin, Eskimo, 378 ; wife of moon. Lower Congo, 477

Veroffentlichungi'n aus dem Stddt- ischen Volker-museum Frankftirt avi Main: Die Aranda ttnd Loritja- Stdvime in Zentral- Australien, II Teil, by I. C. Strehlow, reviewed,

125-7

Veys : crocodiles fed, 128 ; proverbs, 128 ; river bars entrances to spirit land, 128

Vianga : competitive giving, 468

Vice-Presidents, election of, 4

Victoria, see Kurnai tribe

Violet : as Easter-egg pattern, Rou- manians, 301, 303 (plate)

Virgin Mary, The : birth from head of, Ireland, 359 ; in Easter-egg legends, Roumanians, 297

Viscerae have souls, China, 520

Viti Levu : Nanga cult, 254

Vollan : strength -belt, 335; tale of

huldi'e-ioV^, 333 Voluspa : done into English out of the Icelandic of the Elder Edda, by A. K. Coomaraswamy, reviewed, 366-7

Wa tribe : head-hunting, 143 Wailwan tribe : folk-tale, 485, 487 Wainimala : sacred stone enclosure,

155

"Wakes, see Festivals

Wales : folk-tale, 106 ; tea grounds in horse-shoe shape lucky, 95 ; Evans" The Text of the Black Book of Car- marthen revievfed, 1 10-4

Walking-stick ; in folk-tales, Assam, 406, 410

Wallaroo, see Kangaroo

Wallaroo and the Willy-wagtail, The : a Queensland Folk-Tale, by R. H. Mathews, 214-6

Walnut-tree : black dye from walnuts, Roumanians, 300 ; leaves as Easter- egg pattern, Roumanians, 301

Wansdyke : made by devil, 80

Wanyoro : arch over place struck by lightning, 484

War customs and beliefs : Lower Congo, 34-40, 466 ; Melanesia, 253

Warend : birth pains transferred by

witchcraft, 321 Warts : cure for, Wilts, 80 Washfield : burial of amputated limb,

226 ; opening windows &c. for the

dead, 229 Washing clothes : unlucky on Holy

Thursday, Worcestershire, 345,

Yorkshire, 349 Washing hands : unlucky for two in

same water, Worcestershire, 346 Water : (see also Baptism ; Lakes ;

Lustration ; Rain ; Rainwater ;

Rivers and streams ; Springs ; attd

Wells) ; buried treasure takes refuge

in, India, 211 ; cult of Children of

the Water, Fiji, 253 ; running, in

charm against whooping cough,

Durham, 72 ; south-running, cures

bad eyes, Durham, 72 Water serpent : Conan's fight with,

108-9, slain by St Patrick, 109 Water spirits : Lower Congo, 465,

477-9 ; stop water-wheel, Norway,

328 Wathen : circumcision, 304, 306-7 ;

games, 457-8 ; market, 42 ; secret

society, 198 ; tabus, 308-9 ; war

customs, 34-5 Wax myrtle : candle from burnt,

Christmas Night, 499 Weasel : in folk-tales, Africa, 440-1 Weathercock : in saying, Stafford- shire, 220 Weather-lore, see Hail ; Lightning ;

Omens; Rain; Storms; andWmds Weaving : cloth woven by sea spirits.

Lower Congo, 479 Wedding cake, see Cakes Wedding customs and beliefs, see

Marriage customs and beliefs Wednesfield : flies as death omen,

220 ; sayings against Shropshire,

220 Week : {see also under names of days') ;

four market days. Lower Congo,

34, 41, 465

Weeks, Rev. J. H. : The Leopard in the Maize-farm : a Lower Congo Folk-Tale, 209-11 ; Notes on Some Customs of the Lower Congo People, 2, 7, 32-63, 181-201 (plates), 304-11, 457-80

Wellington (Salop) : rosemary thrown into grave, 219

Wemyss : game. New Year's Day, 481