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Index.

Spoer, Mrs. A. INI. : review by, —

de Croze's Le Chanson popnlaire

de rile de Corse, 391-3 Spoons : as castanets, Cappa-

docia, 83, 85 Sprinkling, see Lustration Squirrel : amulet from, 232 ;

hunted, Derbj-shire, 421 Staffordshire : 5th Nov., 419 Stag, see Deer Stairs : omen from fall on, Quebec,

346 ; unlucky to pass on, Kent,

354. Standish, see Randwick Stars : {see also Canopus ; Milky

Way) ; marriage of, Japan, 408 ;

myths, 272, Bushmen, 260 ;

seven gods of, Assam, 465-6 Stinchcombe Hill : squirrel hunt,

Good Friday, 444 Stomach diseases, cure for, 496 Stone, cures for, 231-2, 491,

493 Stone implements : (see also Thun-

derstones) ; New Guinea, 524 Stones : {see also Cromlechs ; Dol- mens ; Menhirs) ; basin stones, Clare, 93, 210 ; the Lia Fail, 126 ; pillar stones and rocks, Clare, 93-4 ; rock markings, Clare, 88-90 ; stone as totem, India, 498 ; stone pillar, Benares, 304 Storms : Bushmen, 260 ; god of.

Babylonia Stow-on-the-Wold : fair, 443 Strath : charm stones, 49, 61 Straw : in wart charm, Donegal,

474 String games, 406, 513 Stroud : calendar customs, 444,

455 ; fair, 443 ; hidden treasure,

341 Strovitsi : aphrodisiac well, 219 Study of Celtic Literature, The, by

^I. Arnold, reviewed, 237-40 Stye : charm against, Donegal,

"476 Subscribers admitted, 4, 7, 145 Subscribers resigned, 146-7 Sugar : unlucky to spill, Quebec,

462 Suicide : rope as amulet, 1 7-8 Suir river : geasa, 214 Suk, The : their Language and

Folklore, by M. W. H. Beech,

reviewed, 401-2

Sumatra : {see also Bataks) ; milk dishked, 288

Sun: an animal, 157 ; in folk- tale, Manipur, 177 ; future abode of bad, Congo, 217 ; god- dess, Japan, 187 ; makes " dreamers," Mohave- Apache, 173 ; omen from, Manipur, 184 ; solar mythology, 21, 316-7 ; as totem, India, 498

Sunda archipelago : myths, 141

Sunday : {see also Easter Sunday ; Mothering Sunday ; Palm Sun- day ; Whit Sunday) ; beds not turned, Ivent, 354 ; lucky, Malabar, 38 ; not shaving on, Donegal, 477

Sunwise : burial ground circuited, St Michael's Day, Gaels, 500 ; Hogmanay custom, Gaels, 501 ; in sowing ceremony, Gaels, 501 ; widershins, at marriage, Cappa- docia, 83, 86, in rite, Cappa- docia, 219

Surre}', see Guildford ; Wands- worth

Survivals in Belief among the Celts, b}' G. Henderson, reviewed, 124-6

Susa no wo, deity, Japan, 1 86.-7

Sussex : {see also Bosham ; East- bourne ; Hastings ; Lewes ; Rye) ; snakestones, 52

Sutton-on-Trent : gipsy funeral, 22

Swaddhng babies, 128

Swaffham : treasure tale, 209

Swaledale : no Guy, 417

Swallow : amulet from, 235

Swan : in folk-song, Gt. Brit., 129

Swan Knight romances, 120-1

Sweden : folklore collection, 113 ; thunderbolts, 123

Swelhngs : amulet against, 234 ; cure for, 490-1

Switzerland, see Aargau ; Appen- zell ; Bern ; Lucerne ; Soleure ; Solothurn

Sword : in charm, Japan, 196 ; in riddle, Armenians, 472

Sword dances, 7

Syria : double axe, 74

Tablecloth : omens from, Quebec,

346 Taboos : on approach to temple etc., Malabar, 36 ; at childbirth. Lower Congo, 348, Montenegro,