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438-9 ; symbolic human sacri- fice, 442-3

Siberia, see Sakhalin

Sicilian Folklore, The Completion of Prof. Pitr^'s Collection of, by E. S. Hartland, 245-6

Siebenbiirger gipsies, 344

Sieve : divination by, Cyprus, 358 ; stops bogev, Greece, 127

Silbury Hill," bv R. M. Heanley,

524' Silver : amulets, Quebec, 361,

Spain, 63-4, 66 ; bullet against

witches, Ontario, 224 ; for

divination, Manipur, 437 ;

divine origin of, Manipur, 425 ;

offering, Manipur, 430, 437, 439 Simulated Change of Sex to Baffle

the Evil Eye, by W. Crooke, 385 Sioux : nicknames, 165, 168 Siren : as amulet, Spain, 71 Siva, 433

Sixmilebridge : tales, 490, 502-3 Skin diseases : caused by tree or

spirit, Manipur, 453 Skulls : dried, S. Amer. Indians,

53 Skunk : clan name. Crow Ind., 1 75 Sky-god : Galla, 471 ; Manipur,

424-5, 444-5 Skye, Isle of : folk-medicine, 384 ;

tale, 102 Skyrrid, sacred mountain, no Sleepers : Sioda, Clare, 377 Sheve Aughty : origin of name, 97 Sloth : in tales, S. Amer., 58 Smoke : in rain stopping, Baluchi- stan, 231 Snail : in charm, Oxon, 89, War- wicksh., 241 ; not on Holy Mountain, Bromyard, no; shells for lamps, Piedmont, 215 Snake : [see also Anaconda) ; ancestor of royal family, Mani- pur, 422 ; beliefs about, Assam, 150; deity in shape of, Manipur, 423 ; Devil as, Oxon, 84 ; in romance of Melusine, 189, 191 ; in tales, Breconsh., 516-7, Clare, 369-70, Malta, 263, S. Amer., 58 ; white, fabulous, Pokomo, 467 ; worshipped, Khasis etc.,

443 Sneezing : omen from, Oxon, 91 Snow : saying, Ontario, 220,

Piedmont, 216 Sobriquets, see Nicknames

Social organization : S. Amer. Indians, 43-4, 48

Solomon islands : Thumwald's Ethno-psychologische Studien an Sudseevolkern attf. . . den Sa- lomo-Inseln reviewed, 404-6

Somerset : {see also Glastonbury ; Tintinhull) ; evil eye, 382-3

Sorarel, deity, 424, 444-5, 453, 454

Sorcery, see Witchcraft

Sore throat : cure for, Quebec etc., 361

Soul : dual, Lusheis, 149 ; as flame. Piedmont, 217; can leave living body, S. Amer. Indians, 55 ; name as, 161

South : god of, Manipur, 421, 423,

435 South America : (see also British

Guiana ; Issa-Japur4 District) ;

languages, 61-2 ; migrations,

25. 61 South-west : gods of, Manipur,

423 ; sacred corner of house,

Manipur, 443 Sowing customs and beliefs :

omen from missing cast, On- tario, 223; Piedmont, 216;

rhymes, Herefordsh., 238, War-

wicksh., 239 Spain : (see also Seville) ; amu- lets, I, 8, 63-74 (plates) ; gipsies,

33S-9 Spanish Point : Armada, 491 Spear-throwing, 394 Sphakia : divination, 35S Spirits : (see also Ghosts) ; four

kinds, S. Amer. Indians, 57 ;

white lady, Breconsh., 516 Spoon : omen, Ontario etc., 222 ;

in tea-drinking, Oxon, 83 Sprains : curing, Breconsh., 507 Squirrel: weathersign, Ontario, 220 Staffordshire : (see also .\bbot's

Bromley) ; gipsies, 345 Stag, see Deer Stairs : unlucky to meet on,

Ontario etc., 226, Oxon, 90 Stanstead Abbots : gipsies, 336 Starling : as nickname, Orkneys,

165

Stars : spirits of great, S. Amer.

Indians, 57 ; weather sign,

Ontario, 220 ; wishing, Ontario,

221 ; worshipped, Manipur, 445

Staveley : gipsy funeral, 347

Stealing : in charm, Ontario, 224 ;