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555

Sin, deity, Babylonia, 276

Sin-eater, 385

Sinhalese, see Ceylon

Sipan Dere : cure for lunatics, 220

Sir Perceval of Galles, by R. H. Griffith, reviewed, 11S-9

Sirius : rites to, Bushmen, 260

Sister-in-law : wife's brother's wife tabooed, Thonga, 51S

Sites of buildings changed : Clare, 205 ; Glos., 337, 484-5

Siva, deity, India, 284, 304

Siwah, oasis of : Zeus Ammon, 58

Sixmilebridge : peel tower, 206 ; rock markings, 90

Skaghvickencrow : treasure tale, 208-q

Skeat, W. W. : " Snakestones " and Stone Thunderbolts as Subjects for Systematic Investigation, 7, 45-80

Skreli : mourning custom, 225

Skull : {see also Jawbone) ; moss from, as cure, 234 ; as test of race, 122 ; tooth from, as amulet, Donegal, 476-7

Skye, Isle of : " bat "-stones, 61 ; cramp-stones, 49

Sky-god : Borneo, 40S ; oak as related to, 480-1

Slad : hidden treasure, 341

Slave Coast : thunderbolts, 73

Sleep : charms against, Japan, 191, 194

Smallpox : charm against, Japan, 189-90

Snake : in charm, Balkans, 225-6 ; charms against, Japan, 194, Mohave- Apache, 172 ; in folk- medicine, 4S-9, 496 ; in folk- tale, Armenians, 100 ; in magic, Japan, 186 ; punishes trespass, RIalabar, 36 ; shape-shifting into, Nigeria, 261 ; spirits of dead enter, E. Africa, 402 ; stones named after, 47 ; ' tongue ' in spit, 48 ; as totem, India, 49S ; worshipped,

Uganda, 137

" Snake's egg " of Druids, 47, 63

" Snakestones " and Stone Thun- derbolts as Subjects for Syste- matic Investigation, by W. \\'. Skeat, 45-80

Sneezing : in charm, Japan, 193 ; cure for, Japan, 190 ; omens from, Japan. 195, Quebec, 346

Sociological Significance of Mvth, The, by W. H. R. Rivers, 273,

307-31

Sociology and folklore, 23, 26-7

Soleure : folk-music, 131

Solothurn : folk-music, 132

Some Zulu Customs and Folklore, by L. H. Samuelson, noticed, 271

Somerset : [see also Bridgewater ; Keynsham ; Sandford Orcas ; South Petherton) ; clipping yew-tree, 203 ; folk-song, 129

Sorcery, see Magic

Soul : bird s., Celts, 125 ; escapes from corpse, Celts, 125 ; journey of, Assam, 467 ; leaves when dwelling marred, Malays, 78 ; limited survival of, 29 ; origin of behef in, 151-2

Soul cakes, 420 i

South : in charm, Japan, 192 ; death land in, India, 285 ; in divination, Japan, 193 ; un- lucky quarter, Malabar, 33

South America : {see also Brazil ; British Guiana ; Colombia ; Peru ; Tierra del Fuego) ; mar- riage, 105

South Petherton : Shrovetide cus- tom, 197, 199

Sowing customs and beliefs : Badagas, 140 ; Gaels, 501 ; Good Friday, Glos., 444 ; riddle, Armenians, 471

Spain : dog-bite cure, 229-30

Spansil Hill : burial place, 210

Sparrow : in charm, Japan, 190 ; in folk-medicine, 231

Specimens of Bushman Folklore, by I. Bleek and L. C. Lloyd, re- viewed, 257-61

Spider : as amulet, 231, Leicester- shire, 497 ; in folk-medicine, Kent, 353

Spit set with viper's tongue, 48

Spitting : in charm, Japan, 192

Spittle, see Saliva

Spleen : amulet for, 234 ; charm for, Albania, 225 ; cure for,

244 Spoer, H. H. : reviews by, — Dudley's The Egyptian Ele- ments in the Legend of the Body and the Soul, 514 ; Bury's The Land of Uz, 402-3