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 Index.

551

Fanti : origin of songs and drums,

259

Farbreagas : meaning, 183

Faroe islands : ballads, 410

Fates, the : Greece, 531

Father's Sister in Oceania, The, by W. H. R. Rivers, 2, 42-59

Fawcett, F. : exhibits b)', 268-9 ; Okidal, a Method of Killing among the Muppans, 268

Fear, The Lad who didn't know, in folk-tales, 156

Fear as fatal in folk-tales, 156-7

Feasts, sec Festivals

Featherstone : omen, 226

February : festival, Assam, 311

Fergus mac Roigh, 181

Fergus river : ghosts, 345, 347

Ferns : saints, 402, 404

Ferozepur : charms, 331

Festivals : (see also Days and Seasons) ; Hausas, 207 ; Nagas, 300, 305, 308-11 ; Oxon, 32 ; Tro- briands, 533-4

Fetishism : (see also Witch-finders ; Wizards); dress, Africa, 130; fetishes, Africa, i, g, 130, 448, 453-6. 458, 460-1, 465-8, ex- hibited, 2, 130

Fevers : amulet against, India, 506 ; cures for, Congo, 467, India, 315, 325, 327, 505, Scot- land, 88-9

Fifty Hausa Folk-Tales, by A. J. N. Tremearne, 199-215, 351-65, 487-

503 Fighting, ceremonial : Scotland, 92 Fiji islands : dangerous to tell

name, 156 ; marriage customs,

54.

Filani : in folk-tale, 361 ; names tabued, 202

Find-tigernd, 231

Finger-rings : as amulets, Corn- wall, 161, Suffolk, 7; exhibited, 265-6

Finnavarra Point : meaning, 182

Finn MacCoul : (see also Ossianic sagas) ; as cuckoo hero, 230-5 ; in folk-tales, no, 476; magic powers, 444 ; in place-names, Clare, 182, 184

Firbolgs : in legends, Clare, 198 ; in place-names, Clare, 182-3, i85> 197

Fire : ashpit not emptied, Christ- mas, Coniston, 224 ; charms to

' bind,' India, 330-1, Ireland, 422 ; in charms, India, 84, Scot- land, 88 ; fires and fire-festivals, Wales, 1 17-8; sacred, Kildare, 403-4, 439 ; sends off changeling. Isle of Man, 475 ; not taken out of house, Christmastide, Conis- ton, 224

Firegrate : soot on bars as omen, Yorks, 226

Firstborn : rites and feasts after birth. Banks' islands, 48

Firstfooting : Manchester, 224

Firstfruits : Assam, 262 ; Panjab, 217

Fish in folklore : (see also Dugong ; Eel ; Pike ; Sea-horse ; Shark) ; herb attracts, England, 377 ; names, Panjab, 216; as totems, New Guinea, 533

Fisher King in the Grail Romances, The, by W. A. Nitze, reviewed, 107-17

Fish-hawk : belief about, Panjab, 217

Fishing customs and beliefs : amu- let. New Guinea, 2 ; fishers tabued, Carolines, 535 ; signing cross, Yorks, 227

Fits : cures for, Congo, 467, Ger- many, 388

Five : in charms, India, 327

Flags : drapelets, Belgium, 528

Flanders : (see also Turnhout) ; broadsides, 527-9

Fliethas, deity, 438

Flour : in charms, India, 326 ; in imprecations, Palestine, 285

Flowers in folklore : (see also Chrysanthemum ; Foxglove ;

Lily ; Orchid) ; bloom, Jan. 6, Craven, 225 ; as offerings, Crete, 137 ; in Wales, 117

Flying-fox : in chaffing custom, Banks' islands, 50

Fly-whisk as chief's insignia, Her- vey island, 3

Folk-drama : England, 248-9 ; Italy, 250

Folklore : hints to collectors, 229 ; How Far is the Lore of the Folk Racial? by A. Nutt, 379-84 ; pro- gress of study of, 14-7

Folklore and Folk-stories of Wales, by M. Trevelyan, reviewed, 117- 21

Folklore of the Santdl Parganas,