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575

Greeks, 64 (plates), 131, 269;

Sicily, 169-70 (plate) Voyage of Bran, notes on, 230-1 Vulcan and Hephaistos, 66 Vulki : wife price, 251

Wakes, see Fairs

Wakhembam bird : in festival, Manipur, 81

Wales : (see also under counties) ; bibliography, 41 ; divination, 444 ; Trevelyan's Folklore and Folk-stories of Wales reviewed, 1 17-21 ; Evans' The White Book Mabinogion reviewed, 237-46

Wampum belts, 127

Wan-tree : in folk-medicine, 322

Warend : Thor, memory of, 77 ; thunder, beliefs about, 76-7

Warts : cures for, India, 320

Washers of the Ford : France, 180 ; Ireland, 180, 187-9

Water : (see also Fords ; Lakes ; Rain ; Rivers and streams ; Springs ; Wells) ; in charms, India, 85, 315, 319, 321 ; in fetish ceremonies, Congo, 463, 468-9 ; lucky in dream, Assam, 312 ; omen from, Sicily, 174 ; not stepped over by bridegroom, Palestine, 285

Water-buck : in folk-tale, Hausas, 500-1

Water-cattle, see Cattle

Water-folk, see Merfolk

Waterfowl, see Birds

Water-horses : Clare, 486 ; Galway Bay, 482 ; Wales, 117-8, 120-1

Water jar : in marriage custom, Palestine, 293

Water-lizard : in folk-tale, Africa, 487-9

Water-snake, see Pdists.

Water spirits : Clare, 341-3 ; Con- go, 461

Wathen : medical treatment, 470 ; witch-finding, 465

Wax : in charms, England, 376-7

Wax figures in magic, Mexico, 129

Weather lore : (see also Hail ; Lightning ; Rain ; Rainbow ; Storms ; Thunder) ; Wales, n8

Week, days of, see under days

Weeks, J^ H. : The Congo Medi- cine-man and his Black and White Magic, 130, 447-71 ; ex- hibits by, 130

Weeping : omen from, Sicily, 174

Wefa : exogamy, 394-5

Weird ladies, Wales, 118, 120

Wells : in charm, India, 327-8 ; Easter custom, Castleton, 38 ; fairy, Clare, 184, 195-6 ; folklore of, Wales, 117, 120; healing, India, 322-3 ; St Oswald's, Os- westry, 6 ; sacred, 163 ; Woolston, Salop, 6

Wer-beasts : cat, Malays, 374 ; civet-cat, Malays, 372-4 ; goat, Malays, 374 ; monkey, Malays, 372, 374; tiger, Burmah etc., 371-2

Werner, Miss A. : review by, — Routledges' With a Prehistoric People, 252-8

West : in divination, Manipur, 80

Westermarck, E. : Moorish Beliefs and Customs, 269

West Indies, see Antilles ; Baha- mas ; Cuba ; Jamaica

Weston, J. L. : Alfred Nutt : an Appreciation, 512-4

West Riding Teachers' Anthropo- logical Societ}', The, by Barbara Freire-Marreco, 103-4, ^nd L. M. Eyre, 236

Westropp, T. J. : A Folklore Sur- vey of County Clare, 180-99 (plate), 338-49 (Plate), 476-87

Wexford : (see also Ferns) ; " cross trees," 515

Wheel : in Midsummer custom, Glamorgan, 118

Whistling : omen from, Sicily, 174

Whitby : amulets, 7

White animals, see Dog ; Hen ; Owl

White Book Mabinogion, The, by J. G. Evans, reviewed, 237-46

White cloth in Malay magic, 372

White paternoster, Ireland, 441-2

Whitstable : amulets, 7

Whitsuntide : septennial Ale, Blen- heim Park, 32

Whooping cough : charm against, Essex, 223

Wicken, see Mountain ash

Widowers : mourning customs, Trobriands, 534 ; rites performed by, Congo, 463-4

Widows : not honoured, Bedu, 275 ; mourning customs, Trobriands, 533-4 ; protective rites by, Bechu- ana, 160