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 INDEX.

Abstinence : effects of, 31 Accouchement : charm to relieve

pain during, Bantus, 253 Adonis : Gardens of, India, 47-8 Africa : Madi tribe. Matriarchy

among, 343 Agate : beads used as amulets,

407. 411 Agnus Dei : image of, used as a

protective, 415 Akha tribe : marriage customs,

343 Alfred, King : legend of, Sussex,

164 Algerian superstitions of Shawia

Berbers, 225-54 Alum : a protection against the

Evil Eye, Berbers, 237 Amba Mata : worship of, India, 29 Amber : efficacy of, East Africa, 78 Ambergris : use of, East Africa, 78 Amulets : of Berbers against the

Evil Eye, 228 ; Spanish, 404-16 Ancestor worship : origin of, 345 ;

in India, 41 Angami Nagas : folk-tales of, 82-8 Animals : deification of, 347 ;

folklore of, 214 ; in Bantu

folklore, 73-5 ; skulls of, used

as protectives, 235 ; worship

of, India, 54 Animism : definition of, 179 Apta tree ; worship of, India, 55 Arthur, King : legends of, Sussex,

163-4 ; Wiltshire, 168 Artibites tribe, the, 11 Ascetic : representing a Raja,

India, 31 Ash Wednesday : observances on,

327-8 Asia : Shamanism in, 348 Ass : driven into a house, India,

40 Assam : Khasi tribe. Matriarchy

among, 343 ; folklore of, 426 Assiniboin tribe : cruelty of in

war, 21

Australia : South - East, black

magic, 90-1 Avoidance of near relations, 342

Badaga tribe : annual hunt, 52 Badva : medicine man of Bhils,

becoming possessed, 35 Banks Island : contempt shown

to maternal uncle, 343 Bantus : folk-tales of, 60 Baptism: folklore of, 213 Barrenness : charms to relieve,

Bantus, 252 Barrows : in Hertfordshire, 156 Basil plant : its use in folklore,

427 Bastar State : observance of

Dasahra festival, 30 Bats : dangerous to children,

Berbers, 249 Battle traditions : Berkshire, 154 Bazar : ceremonial plundering of,

32 Beacon fires, 164 Beads : used as protectives, 230,

406-7 Bedar tribe : annual hunt, 54 Beena marriage, 342 Bees : lifting of at a death, Buck- inghamshire, 155 ; singing on

Christmas Day, Worcestershire,

61 Beetle : treading on causes rain,

Oxford, 210 ; witch vanisliing

in shape of, 401 Bel : a sacred tree, 35, 38 Belgium : a flower legend, 170 Bell : used as an amulet, 412 Bengal : Durga Puja festival, 37-8 Berksliire : battle traditions, 154 ;

horse shoes used as charms,

154 Betrothed youths : services ren- dered by, 343 Bewitching : Guernsey, 196, 201-2 Bharwad tribe : tree worship among, 55

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