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Asia Minor : (see also Caria ;

Cilicia ; Troy) ; coins, 65 ; double

axe, 63 Ass, see Donkey Assam : (see also Garos ; Hakka

Chins ; Kukis ; Lushais ; Maikel ;

Manipur ; Maolong ; Mayong-

klong ; Meitheis ; Nagas ; Tang-

khuls) ; dialects, 296 ; exhibits,

9 ; head-hunting, 8 Assyria : (^ee also Nineveh) ; god

images, 61-2 (plate) ; influences

Crete, 135 Astrology : fixes wedding date,

Palestine, 285 Astronomical folklore, see Eclipse ;

Meteors ; Moon ; Stars ; Sun Athens : blessing, 531 ; Minotaur

legends, 132-4, 137-9, M^'S Athi river, see Akikuyu Atnatu, deity, Kaitish, 521 Attica, see Athens Attis myth, iii Attyflin : banshee, 191 ; death

coach, 192, 194 Auditors, election of, 6 Augury, see Divination August, see St Bartholomew's Day Aulain : folk-medicine, 317 Aunt, see Father's sister Australia : (see also Queensland ;

South Australia ; Torres Straits ;

and under names of tribes) ; All- Father belief, 519-22 ; kin, 149 ;

social evolution, 519-20 Auvergne : burial of cur^, 178 Axe : double, as symbol, 62-6

(plates), 68, 135 ; of St 01af,74-6 ;

of sun-god, 60-78 (plates)

Babies, see Birth customs and be- liefs

Bachelors' Houses, see Men's Houses

Backa : symbolic axe, 69

Backwards : in laying ghost, Bucks, 222

Badagas : ford rites, 159

Badger : demon-badger, Clare, 181, 478-9 ; snout as amulet, Somer- set, 7

Badll : folk-medicine, 325

Bagheria : cult of executed crimi- nals, 171

Bagley Wood : cross in turf, 387

Bagot's Bromley : history, 27

Bahamas : folk-tales, 264

Baharas herb : gathering, 162

Baladi : fetish, 468

Balance Sheet of Society, 13

Balder, 72, 438

Balkan Peninsula, see Albania ;

Servia ; Thrace Ballads, see Folk-songs Ballydeely : cairn, 479 ; meaning,

183 Ballyganner Hill : dolmen, 196 Ballyhee : fairies, 195 Ballyheigue Bay : sunken church,

485 Ballymarkahan : banshee, 191 Ballyportry : place-names, 184 Ballyvaughan : legend, 188 Baltimore : bayberry candle for

luck, Christmas, 6 Ban Bodla : folk-medicine, 315 Bangor (Down) : plague ravages,

423 Banks' islands : (see also Merlav ;

Mota ; Motlav ; Rowa ; Vanua

Lava) ; conception beliefs, 391 ;

father's sister, 42, 44-55 ; magical

practices, 2 ; marriage customs,

54-5 ; totemism, 390-1 Banshees, 120, 186-91 Bantu : (see also under names of

tribes) ; ford rites, 159 Baobab-tree : in folk-tale, Africa,

363

Baptism : before child's first visit, Yorks, 225 ; dangers before, 148

Baras : folk-medicine, 315

Barrenness, see Birth customs and beliefs

Basti Arain : amulet, 333

Basutos : folk-tale, 256-7

Bat : blood, in love charm, Eng- land, 376 ; in folklore, Wales, 118; in folk-tale, Kabyles, 158

Batala : folk-medicine, 314, 316

Bathing : of bride, Palestine, 289 ; in folk-medicine, India, 320, 322 ; not on Sunday, Palestine, 289

Batta tribe : sorcerer's book, 2

Bayberry : candle for luck, U.S.A., 6

Bay-tree : Christmas greens, Wor- cester, 263

Bear : in folk-tale, Armenia, 366 ; in legend, Clare, 181, 47S

Beara the Firbolg, 182

Beast fables, 200-1, 203-15, 258-60, 351-65, 487-503