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Rh Plague, amulets against, 146

Plantain : amulet from, 235 ; in Anglo-Saxon incantation, 67 ; in folk-medicine, 496

Plantain fruit : in ceremonies, Assam, 464-5, 469

Planting customs and beliefs : Japan, 195

Plants, see Flowers and plants

Ploughing customs and beliefs : India, 278, 282, 287

Plum, wild : puddings of, Glos., 453

Poison : amulets against, Malta etc., 48 ; antidote, 48 ; cure for, 493 ; snake, remedies for, 49

Polo : Chitral, 270

Polyandry, 140

Polynesia : [see also Fiji islands ; Tonga islands) ; mythology, 141-3 ; racial affinities, 141

Pomegranate : in folk-medicine, 232-3 ; in riddle, Armenians, 471

Pools : ghost, Glos., 335

Portraits banned: Mongols, 270; Palestine etc., 227-8

Portugal: celts, 66

Possession, demon and spirit, 272

Potato : in charm, Donegal, 475 ; omen from, Quebec, 346 ; sown Good Friday, Glos., 444

Pottery : making, Bushmen, 260, Suk, 260, 402 ; mending, China, 270

Poulanishery : rock markings, go

Prayers: written, burnt, China, 270

Pre-animism, 25

Pregnancy, see Birth

Prehistoric Man, by W. L. H. Duckworth, reviewed, 12 1-2

President, election of, 5

Presidential Address, 5, 14-32

" Primitive " used vaguely, 20

Progress Report of the Archaeologi- cal Survey of India, noticed, 406-7

Proverbs: Congo, 217; Germany, 272 ; Herefordshire, 383 ;

Japan, 187 ; Russia, 429

Pruning under waxing moon, Quebec and France, 345

Psychology and folklore, 23-6, 379-83

Pterygotus : wings of angels, Scot- land, 46

Puberty rites : Bushmen, 260 ; Togo, 406

Plica, The, 213 Puliyans, 265-6

Pumpkin plant : as totem, India, 498

Punishments : Suk, 402 ; Thonga, 519

Punjab : [see also Kolis) ; ethnography, 261-3 ; "■'ilk and ghi tabooed, 287 ; penance for cow's death, 284

Pygmalion type of folk-tales, 486-8

Pyrethriim : as amulet, 235 ; in Anglo-Saxon incantation, 67

Python, see Snake

Qat, spirit, Banks' is., 163

Quebec Folklore Notes, by E. H. and H. J. Rose, 345-7, 462-3

Queen Guenevere, 117

Querin : stolen bride, 214

Quicksilver : in magic, Japan, 193

Quin Abbey : skull pile, 210 ; tale, 206 ; underground passage, 208

Rabbit : in folk-tale, Germanv, 507-8

Rabhas : milk unclean, 287

Race with Devil tvpe of folk- tales, 3.57

Radford Bridge : manor court, 450

Rdgi, see INIillet

Rag-trees : Taurus, 220

Rain : Bushmen, 260 ; charm for, 447, Glos., 447-8 ; clan, Suk, 401

Rajputana : cows not killed, 278-9

Ram, see Sheep

Ramman, deity. Babylonia, 276

Randwick : calendar customs, 444, 447-52, 455-6 ; plant belief, 447

Rat : charms against, Clare, 212-3, Japan, 196, Limerick, 213 ; omen from, Japan, 195 ; sacred, China, 269

Rathblamac : funerals race, 211

Read, INIiss D. H. Moutray : exhibit, 146 ; Scraps of English Folklore, 350, 352-3, 356

Red: animals, see Calf; dyeing tabooed after death, Assam, 468; in magic, Japan, 188-90

Redditch : no Guv, 417

Red nettle : in Anglo-Saxon charm, 67

Reincarnation beliefs : Assam, 463 ; Tibet, 294