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Index.

Porters : folk-tales, Ceylon, 124 Portsmouth : bull-baiting, Shrove- tide, 324; ghosts, 315 Portugal : folk-tale, 188-9 Portzall : in folk-tale, 186 Poseidon, 281-2, 284, 289 Possession, demon or spirit :

Malays, 240 Potato drills : protectives for,

Clare, 58 Pottery : destroyed by bones of

sacrifice, Morocco, 156-7 Poulaclug : bell legend, 336 Pouldour : pardon, 514 Praise : blessing should accompany,

Clare, 54 Prayer : at Great Feast, Morocco,

137-9 > places for, Morocco, 138

(plate) Preanimistic beliefs : Assam, 267 Pregnancy, see Birth customs and

beliefs President, election of, 4 Presidential Address, 4, 14-40 Priestesses : Greece, 281-2 Priesthood : domestic, Assam, 268 Prophetesses : Greece, 281 Prospectus, 9, 16 Proverbs: Bohemia, 516; Congo,

517; England, 239, 306; France,

244 ; Greeks, 249 ; Ireland, 452 ;

Manipur, 473-5 ; Norway, 213-

218 Pseira, excavations at, 398-9 Puberty rites, 97, 122 Publications of Folk-Lore Society,

9 Puca, The, 449

Puck : in place-name, Hants, 313 Puss-in-Boots type of folk-tales, 125 Puzzles in folk-tales, Armenia, 477 Pygmies, 378-80

Quakerstown : well, 210

Queen Anne Boleyn : in folk-tale,

Clare, 456 Queen Charlotte Islands, see Hai-

das Queen Maeve, 451 Querns : broken, in foundations,

Donegal, 54 ; spindle whorls as,

Clare, 53 Qu'est-ce que le Tot^misme? by

A. van Gennep, 93-104 Quickbean : as protective, Clare,

58 Quin : ghost follows bone, 56 ;

horse skulls buried, 54 ; piles of bones, 56 ; wells, 210-1 Quinper : bas-relief, 187

Rabat : omen, 148

Rabbit : cat-rabbit, Clare, 451

Racing : annual, Clare, 208 ; in ballads, 33-4 ; at Great Feast, Morocco, 140, 159-60

Rag bushes: Clare, 213 (plate); Somerset, 496

Rahdmna : divination, 153, 155

Rain : caused by burning fern, Staffs, 24, by auspicious person, India, 74-5, by tug-of-war, Mor- occo, 159 ; charms, Manipur, 348-50, Morocco, 151, 159, Oregon, 398 ; controlled by han-pa, China, 264 ; divination of, Morocco, 153-4 ; omen of, Glos., 238; Rain-Stopping in Manipur, by J. Shakespear, 348- 50 ; venerated, Bantu, 120

Rain god : Assam, 267

Raisins : in charm, Morocco, 151

Rajputs : seclusion of women, 448

Ralahine : well, 211

Ram, see Sheep

Rat : has parliament, Clare, 452-3 ; in proverb, Manipur, 474 ; soul enters. Limerick, 452 ; speaks,

453 Rath : bell, 336-7 ; St Blathmac,

336-7 ; well, 210 Rattles : Mexico, 130 Raven : beliefs about, Clare, 453,

Hants, 304, 306 ; in folk-tales,

Clare, 52-3, Oregon, 398 Read, D. H. Moutray : Hampshire

Folklore, 129, 292-329 Red : in amulets, Clare, 53, India,

76-7 ; hair unlucky, Clare, 204,

449 ; rag in divination, Clare,

205 Redway : supernatural noise, 318 Reed : in folk-tales, 184, 186,

189-91, 193-4, 196 Reincarnation beliefs : Bushongo,

388; Haidas, 287 Relationship, terms of : Australia,

487 ; Bushongo, 389-90 Religion : (see also Confucianism ;

Fetishism ; Deity, conception of ;

Goddesses ; Gods ; Priestesses ;

Priesthood) ; defined, 102-3, 4^2 ;

Lord Avebury's views discussed,

411-25 ; origin of, 107