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Index.

Phag, see Holi

Phalen : fire-walking, Holi, 64-5

Phdlguna : Holi, 55-83

Phylacteries, 256

Piedmont : May custom, 363 ; Piedmont, by E. Canziani and E. Rohde, reviewed, 277-9

Pied Piper type of folk-tales, 268, 482

Pig : cure for, Germany, 66 ; killed under waxmg moon, Jer- sey, 247 ; sacrificed, India, 164, 477, Ireland, 378 ; in sun myth, Assam, 485 ; in tale, N.E. Scot.,

354

Pigmies : Congo, 450

Pike fish : in song, Wliite Ruth- enians, 213, 220

Pima Indians : tales, 144

Pin : black, unlucky, London, 371

Pine-tree : in building custom. Piedmont, 278 ; in May Day cus- tom. Piedmont etc., 363

Pitfodels : sa^'ing, 351

Pitre's collection of Sicilian folk- lore, 2

Place sayings and rhymes : N.E. Scot., 350-1

Plague : goddess of, India, 154

Plantain or ribwort : grows into blackhead, Ireland, 258

Plants, see Flowers and plants

Ploughing customs and beliefs : Morocco, 503

Plum : in souling rhyme, Salop and Staffs, 289

Pokomo : contact with Arabs, 459- 60 ; language 461-2 ; over-lap- ping of cultures, 457-8 ; tale, 460-1 ; tribute, 461-2

Pole-climbing : at Holi, India, 70- 71, 81

Poles : poetry, 98

Poltergeists : Piedmont, 279

Polygamy : Hausas, 140

Polynesia, see Tonga is.

Pow^M-tree : in miracle, S. India,

493 Poona : Holi, 57, 68, 75-6 Port Essington, see Iwaidji Portugal : amulets, 207, 210 Poseidon, 123-4 Possession, demon and spirit :

Africa, 301-5, 307, 311-3, 321-2 ;

Quebec, 251 Potato plant : sown under waxing

moon. Piedmont, 278

Potter, F. S. : Gloucestershire Le- gends, 374-5

Pottery-making : lost art, Oceania, 128

Powell, J. H. : " Hook-Swinging " in India, 2, 147-97 {pi)

Praise unlucky : White Ruthen- ians, 95

Pre-animism, 49

President : election, 4 ; Presiden- tial Address, 4, 12-33

Priests : unlucky to meet. White Ruthenians, 96 ; WTiite Ruth- enian, 94

Primrose : unlucky deed with, Sussex, 369

Prior's Cleeve : tale, 374-5

Processions : chevaiichee de St. Michel, Guernsey, 281, 411-27 {pi.) ; Holi, India, 72-3, 82

Prophecy : Abyssinia, 321 ; by " the keener," Hebrides, 86 ; due to spirit possession, Ak- amba, 313

Proposed " Frazer Fund," by R. R. Marett, 253

Prostitution, ritual: India, 194-5

Proverbs and sayings : Assam, 497 ; Hausas, 139 ; Nigeria, 406 ; N.E. Scot., 350 ; Piedmont, 279 ; Rou- mania, 135-6

Psyche's Task, by J. G. Frazer, reviewed, 406-7

Psychology : Folklore and Psycho- logy, by R. R. Marett, 4, 12-33

Puberty ceremonies, see Initiatory

Puca, the, 329

Pumpkin : swung at Holi, India, 69 ; swung, India, 164, 173, 177

Punjab, see Pan jab.

Purgatory : in glaciers. Piedmont,

273 Purse : {see also Fortunatus purse) ; in tale, Waterford, 230-

231 Pf<s : bur^-ing old year, India, 59 Pyromancy : Greece, 130-1

Quebec Folklore Notes, IV.. by ^ E. H. and H.'J. Rose, 251-2 Quinton : tale, 374-5

Rags : on tree or pole for burning,

India, 58-9 Rag-trees : Mayo, 325 Ragweed : has sex, Ireland, 258 Raigarh : Holi, 61