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Index.

corpse taboos, 347 ; north, tale,

102 ; south-west, simulating

change of sex, 385 Iris : [see also Orris root) ; in

love-songs, Gilyaks, 480 Iron and steel : {see also Knife ;

Pin) ; divine origin of, Manipur,

425, 427 ; plate to repel evil,

Manipur, 438 Islandica, vol. v, reviewed, 533 Islands, enchanted : Clare, 104,

106 ; Hy-Brasil, 204 Isle of Man, see Mannin Isle of Wight : gipsies, 348 Issa-Japura District : account of,

3, 8, 41-62 Italy : {see also Abruzzi ; Pied-

montese ; Romans, ancient ;

Sicilian) ; amulets, 63-4, 67-8,

70, 72-3 Itchumundi : marriage, 176-7,

179. 184 Ivy : blessed, Clare, 211

Jackal : village name, Hebrews,

165

Jagannath : car, Manipur, PI. viii ; temple, 536

Jaguar : blood feud with, S. Amer., 56 ; medicine-man as, S. Amer., 55-6 ; in tales, S. Amer., 58

Jamaica : tale, 475

January : {see also Candlemas Day ; Epiphany ; New Year's Day ; Plough Monday ; St. Paul's Day ; St. Vincent's Day) ; charm, Ontario, 221 ; 19th perilous, 121 ; in saying. Piedmont, 216 ; rhyme, War- wicksh., 239

Japan : childbirth, 196

Japura District : account of, 3, 8, 41-&2

Jdtaka, The, 536

Jelly-fish : in song, Kiwai Pa- puans, 293

Jenness, D. : The Magic Mirror : a Fijian Folk-Tale, 233-4

Jersey : calendar customs, 117

Jet : amulets, Spain, 65-6

Jews : ancient village names, 165 ; blessing and cursing, 247 ; folk- medicine, 120 ; India, 148 ; origin of Himmelsbriefe, 139

Johannesburg : burial of ampu- tated finger, 123

Jonas, M. C. : Scraps of English

Folklore, 234-7 Journeys : perilous days to begin,

122 ; unlucky to turn back,

Ontario etc., 226 July : {see also St. Swithin's Day);

3rd Thursday, fair, Devon, 238 Jumping as marriage rite, gipsies

etc., 336-8 June : {see also St. John's Eve)(

hiring fairs, Wales, 107 ; 23rd,

amulets prepared, Spain, 73

Kabi : name, 167-9

Kabuis : master of the rice, 448-9

Kai tribe ; death customs and

beliefs, 391 Kakching : god of iron workers,

422, 424, 429-30 KaU, deity, 413, 415, 433 Kalindi, 457-9

Kamares cave : haunted, 359 Kamilaroi : name, 167-9 Kanachauba, deity, 435, 439-41 Kangaroo : totem, Aus., 176 Karahone Indians, 55 Karamundi : marriage, 176-7, 179,

184 Kartik : lights hoisted, 445 Kasai river : Luba people, 269 Kavirondo, the, 280 Kayan : account of, .273-7 Keils Bridge : in tale, 103 Kent : cutting nails, 221 Kenyah, 274-5 Kerry : place-names, 97, 99 ;

tales, 102, 105, 492 Kewats : marriage, 334 Key : in divination, Oxon., 80 ;

in tales, Clare, 106 Khasis : snake worship, 443, 523 Khumlangba, deity, 422, 424,

427-30- 432 {plate) Kidwelly : hiring fair, 107 Kikuyu, 280, 468 Kilbreckan : St. Brecan, 204 Kilcoan : saint, 212 Kilfarboy : Armada tradition, 491 Kilfenora : place-names, 100 Kilfiddaun : saint, 212 Kilkee : Armada, 491-2 ; ghosts,

492,497; St.Senan, 206; tale, 493 Kilkishen : traditions, 377 Killaloe : names, 374 ; saints, 211 ;

tales, 96, 368 Killard : Armada, 492 Killeany : cross, 204 ; saint, 205