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Index.

Berry Pomeroy : Wishing Tree, 31 Besom : jumping over, as mar- riage, gipsies, 337 Betel nut ; in rites, Manipur, 430,

440. 452

Bethgelert tj'pe of tales, 229

Bible and key charms, 80, 359

Bibhography : 399 ; animal tales. 143 ; annual, 9-10 ; Iceland, 333 ; India, 534 ; Oxon, 280 ; of Brand's Popular Antiquities, 113-4, 116

Bicester : ' ringing the bees,' 88

Binding churches, see Church cUp- ping

Birch-tree : in love-songs,

Gilyaks, 480

Bird of Paradise : in song, Ki\vai Papuans, 299-300

Birds : [see also Auk ; Bird of Paradise ; Cassowary ; Cor- morant ; Crane ; Crow ; Cuc- koo ; Curassow duck ; Dove ; Duck ; Eagle ; Eaglehawk ; Emu ; Feathers ; Flycatcher ; Fowls ; Goose ; Hawk ; Heron ; Hornbill; Ibis; Magpie; Martin; Missel-thrush ; Owl ; Parrot ; Peacock ; Pelican ; Pigeon ; Raven ; Robin ; Sea-eagle ; Sea- gull ; Swallow ; Swan ; Vulture ; Water hen ; Wren) ; names derived from, Pokomo, 459, S. Amer. Indians, 46 ; in songs, Kiwai Papuans, 300, 305

Birth customs and beliefs : [see also Baptism ; Milk ; Taboos ; Twins) ; barrenness, rite against, Mende, 129 ; bathing, S. Amer., 45 ; caul beliefs, Ontario, 221-2 ; couvade, S. Amer., 46 ; de- livery attitude, 128 ; and cus- toms, 195-6 ; Samter's Geburt, Hochzeit und Tod reviewed, 126-8 ; perilous days for b., 122 ; pregnant woman, omen to, Pokomo, 467, protects men, gipsies, 326 ; S. Amer. Indians, 45-6

Bismarck Arch. : [see also Xew Ireland) ; Thumwald's Ethno- psychologische Studien an Sud- seevolkern auf dem Bismarck- Archipel etc. reviewed, 404-6

Black animals, see names

Blackfoot Indians : clan names, 169, 174

Black Head : place-names, 99, 100

Blacksmith : Lon mac Liomhtha, Clare, loo-i ; position of, 396, Manipur, 42a

Blackthorn (Oxon) : ' ringing the bees,' 88

Blasphemy punished, Piedmont, 217

Bleeding: perilous days for, 122; stopping, Breconsh., 507

Blessing trees, 248

Blood : amulets for, Spain, 67 ; disables u-itch, Oxon, 83 ; in symbohc human sacrifice, Mani- pur, 442-3

Blowfly : omen from, Oxon, 88

Blowpipes : S. Amer., 61

Bloxham : rhyme, 89

Blue : against evil eye, Italy and Spain, 64.

Bluestone : patterns by, Bre- consh., 508

Boa constrictor : in tales, S. Amer., 58

Boar, see Pig

Bodyke : tales, 375-6, 496

Boloki : eat clay, 396

Bombay : Beni Israels, 148

Bone : as amulet, Spain, 70 ; merry-thought, Ontario, 222

Bone diseases : cures for, 384

Bone-fish : totem, Aus., 176

Book of Protection, The, by H. Gollancz, reviewed, 150-2

Books, see Library

Boot, see Shoe

Borneo : Hose and M'Dougall's The Pagan Tribes of Borneo reviewed, 273-7

Boro Indians : 42-3, 61-2 ; cou- vade, 46 ; dance, 51-2 ; myths, 56-9 ; names, 46-7 ; origin of savannahs, 42

Borrowing : nullifies charm, Ontario, 224

Borrowing Days, The : Piedmont, 216

Boves : marriage taxes, 215

Bo\* : folk-medicine, 120

Boys : {see also Initiatory cere- monies) ; names of, S. Amer. Indians, 46 ; simulating other sex for protection, 385

Bracelets : S. Amer. Indians, 59

Brahmanism : effect of 2S-9

Brahmans, 147-8, 534

Brailes : loo-belling, 240