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Index.

Mothering Sunday : Glos., 444 ; Herefordshire, 3S4 ; Kent, 353

Mother-in-law : tabooed, Thonga, 518

ISIother of the Gods, The, by Fitz Siegmund Dhu, noticed, 271

Mother-right : Congo, 513-4 ; dis- cussed, 503 ; E. and C. Asia, 403-4 ; Greece, 395 ; Hindus, 282

Mounds, burial, see Earthworks

Mount Callan : giant, 90

Mourning customs, see Death and funeral customs and beliefs

Mouse-ear : as amulet, 234

Mousterians, The, 121

Mouth : in riddle, Armenians, 472

Moxa, 192

Mujuzi river : python worshipped,

137

Mukasa, deity, Baganda, 136

Mule : in riddle, Armenians, 472

Mummers : Glos., 455

Mumping: Glos., 455

Mumps : amulets against, 234 ; charm against, Donegal, 474

Mungan-ngaua, or Mungamongana, All Father, Australia, no, 162

Munster, see Clare ; Kerry ; Limerick county

Muppans : Odikal and other Cus- toms of the M., b}.- F. Fawcett,

33-44

Museum, Society's, 3, 8

Musical instruments, see Pipes, reed ; Tambourine

Mutton Island : hilleen, 210

Myers, C. S. : on uniformity of belief, 23-4

Mysore : sacrifice eaten, 299

Mysticism and Magic in Turkey, by Miss L. M. J. Garnett, re- viewed, 508-9

Mythology : Borneo, 408 ; em- bodies experience, 18 ; lunar, 141-2, 316-7; myth defined, 309-11 ; sociological significance, 307-31 ; solar, 21, 316-7 ; sub- jects of myths, 314-20

Nagas : (see also Kabuis) ; celts, 75 ; customs after death, 298, 467-8 ; libation, 464 ; milk tabooed, 287

Nails, finger : in transference of

di.sease, 236 Nailsworth : calendar customs, 418, 450-1. 455

Nambutiri Brahmans, 289, 299

Names : tabooed, Albania, 228, Northumberland, 355-6 ; selec- tion, Baganda, 135

Nasamones, 390

Nassington : games. May Day, 197, 202

Nature worship, 140, 156-8, iGr

Nautili in folklore, 46

Nayadis, 265-6

Nayars : polyandry, 140 ; and Todas, 289

Necklaces : Benin, 74 ; Cambs, 350

Neolithic races : beliefs and cul- ture, 29-30 ; time limits, 121

Nepaul : (see also Gandaka river) ; cows not killed, 278-9 ; fire Cus- tom, New Year, 425

New Britain : myth, 321

Newgro\e : basin stone, 93

New Guinea: books on, reviewed,

521-4

New Hebrides : {see also Lepers' island) ; spirit beings, 163

Newmarket-on-Fergus : appari- tions, 214, fairy gold, 208

Newport (Mon.) : annual fire fes- tival, 419

New Year : {see also New Year's Day ; New Year's Eve) ; India, 425-6 ; Nigeria, 426

New Year's Day : bonfire, Here- fordshire, 386 ; calenig and cream of the well, Hereford- shire, 385 ; first-foot, Glos., 443

New Year's Eve : fire customs, Guernsey, 424 ; Morayshire, 424 ; Shetland, 424

New Zealand : marriage, 105

Nias : myths, 141-3

Nicknames : Germany, 272

Nigeria : {see also Benin ; Filani) ; south. New Year custom, 426 ; Tremearne's The Tailed Head- Hunters of Nigeria reviewed, 261 ; thunder-god, 72-3

Nightingale : in charm, Japan, 189

Nightmare, see Dreams

Nine : in charms, Donegal, 474-8 ; in magic, Japan, 192

Njegush : childbirth taboo, 226

Norax, 389

Norfolk, see Swaffham

Normandy, see Mont Saint-Michel

North : guardian of, Assam, 465