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 Index.

535

Benin : in folk-tale, 393-4 Bentworth : church not oriented,

307.

Benzoin : at sacrifice, Morocco, 142

Berbers : charms, 149 ; divination, 153-5; folk-tale, 190; Great Feast, 131-5, 137, 140-1, 144, 146, 152-4, 156, 166, 169; groups, 131 ; masquerades, 166, 169, 176 ; weaning, 149

Bere Forest : folk-tale, 304-5 ; Garland Day, 297

Berkshire : (see also Coombe ; Hungerford) : Skeat's The Place- Names of Berkshire noticed, 530_

Berwick : kern baby, i

Berwickshire, see Berwick

Betel nut : as offering, Manipur, 348

Bettudpur : folk-tale, 195

Bible-turning (divination), Clare, 205

Bibliography : annual, 9 ; Germany, no; Scandinavian, 270-1; of social anthropology and folklore, 108-9 ; Swiss, 271

Bighton : Devil at, 309

Bi'lov : folklore, 516

Birds in folklore : (see also Casso- wary ; Chada bird ; Cockatoo ; Cormorant ; Crane ; Crow ; Crown bird ; Cuckoo ; Dove ; Duck ; Eagle ; Fern-owl ; Fish- eagle ; Fowls ; Hawk ; Kaje- rini ; Kite ; Magpie ; Mara- bou ; Natal cuckoo ; Ostrich ; Owl ; Parrot ; ."""rtridge ; Pea- cock ; Pigeon ; Raven ; Robin ; Rook ; Scaldcrow ; Shallala ; Sparrow ; Swallow ; Thrush ; Turtledove ; Waterfowl ; Weaver- bird ; Woodcock ; Woodpecker ; Wood-pigeon ; Wren) ; corpse bird, Wales, 512 ; creation of, Bushongo, 42 ; in folk-tale, Hau- sas, 346-7 ; ' gold weights ' in shape of, Ashanti, 274 ; half-bird, Nigeria, 256 ; soul bird, 246 ; Wales, 512

Birth customs and beliefs : amulets for childbirth, Clare, 52, and pregnant vi'omen, 112; charm to aid childbirth, Clare, 58 ; incest causes sterility, 85 ; Persia, 269 ; pregnancy customs and beliefs.

India, 75-6 ; 7th son aids child- birth, Clare, 57 Birth, supernatural : in folk-tale,

Papuans, 126 Bishop Hatto type of folk-tale, 455 "Bitter Withy" ballad, 16-9, 28-9 Black animals, see Fowls ; Snail Black Art, see Magic ; Witchcraft Blackburn : rheumatism cure, 27 Black China : in folk-tale, 191-2 Blackfeet Indians : M'Clintock's Along the Old North Trail re- viewed, 126-8 Black Miao : ordeal, 234 Blacksmith : anvil in cure, GIos., 239 ; St Clement's Day, Hants, 328 ; slaughterers, Clare, 339 Blackthorn tree : in cure, Glos., 238 ; wounds seriously, Hants,

304 Blackwater river : spectral horse,

449

Bladders, see Gall bladder ; Uri- nary bladder

Blantyre : huts for spirits, 255

Blessing : in charm, Clare, 60, In- dia, 77 ; as protective, Clare, 54

Blessing the waters, Epiphany, Mt Athos, 130

Blood : divination from, Morocco, 153 ; as protection, Clare, 58 ; of sacrifice consecrates, Morocco, 144, and is magical, Morocco, 148-9

Blowing : as charm, India, 77

Boasting : wood touched against, Clare, 203

Bodbh, war goddess, 453

Bodyke : charm, 58 ; white witch,

205_

Boeotia, see Thespiai

Boghaz-keui : lion-god, 201 ; mar- riage of deity, 229

Bohatey : folk-tale, 455

Bohemia : (see also Bflov ; Klad- no) ; cause of drought, 264 ; Czech folklore, 383, 515-6

Bohindu, 3S9

Boils : charm for, Morocco, 150

Bolivia, see Chan^ Indians ; Chiri- guano Indians ; Gran Chaco

Bolton-in-Craven : funeral gar- lands, 322

Bombay Presidency, see Cutch ; Gujarat ; Konkan

Bones : as amulets, England, 3 ; ghost follows from graveyard.