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Rh King; inauguration of, in Madagascar, 30; all fires put out at his death, 366

King's evil: cures for, 422

Kirkham: bird fair at, 214

Kiss in the Ring, 87, 203

Kissing-ring, the, 87

Knur and Spell: played on Good Friday, 75

Koryak tribe : use of the fire-board in magical rites, 362 et seq.

Lamb ales, 213; lamb raced for, 213

Lammas Day, 403

Lamps: placed in Egyptian tombs, 363

Lead mines; working in, unlucky on Good Friday, 72

Leaping over fires as a protection, 361

Leather, Mrs. E. M.: "Notes on English Folklore," 413 et seqq.

Leggin' Day, 87

Lent lilies (daffodils): presage death, 79

Life and death: primitive beliefs regarding, 39

Lifting of women at Easter, 84

Lightning: a punishment for unnecessary work, 70; makes the crops ripe, 309; fire produced from, highly valued, 353

Limpeting on Good Friday, 78

Lion Hunter: the tale of, 126

Lions: beliefs regarding, 284

Liquorice water: drunk at wells on Good Friday, 74

Little Easter Sunday: the first Sunday after Easter, 96

Little Red Man, the: tale of, 133

Llew Llawgyffes: tale of, 61

Lousing Day: Easter Mondav, 86

Love-Feast of Reconciliation, the, 70

Lovett, Mr. E.: exhibition of fire-making appliances, 115

Low Sunday: first Sunday after Easter, 96

Lullaby, a, from Harriseahead, 241

Mabinogion, the, 31-68; origins of tales, 32, 55

Madagascar: inauguration of the King, 30

Magic Head, the: tale of, 118

Magician, the: powers limited by tabu, 34; in Shakespeare, 391 et seq.

Magpie: an unlucky bird in Ireland, 261

Mahābhārata, the: tales of Indra and Xamuci, 63

Making Christ's Bed on Good Friday, 77

Makombe: tale of, 131

Malays: charm recited in fire-making, 356; method of fire-making, 358; mother purified by fire, 364

Mampara: tale of, 143

Mana: definition of, 24 ; implies tabu, 25

Man, the, and the Cow's Tail: tale of, 137

Man, the, and the Hare: tale of, 141

Man, Isle of: cattle driven over fires on May Day to preserve them from harm, 361

Manannán: carrying off of Mongan, 59

Marble-playing on Good Friday, 75

Marches, the Riding of, 210

Marett, R. R.: review of W. Wundt, Folk Psychology, 440 et seqq.

Martinmas, 405

Masked figures: processions of, 179

Masks: worn by Greek actors, 172

Maundy, the King's, 69; Thursday: observances, 69

May-Day observances in Ireland, 270; cattle driven over fires in Isle of Man, 361; references to, in Shakespeare, 400 et seq.

Mayo and Galway: folklore and legends of, 99

Mayor of the Bull Ring, 269

Maypoles: erected on Ascension Day, 206; on Whitsunday, 203

Meal: used in removing barrenness, 48

Mediterranean culture: influence of, on the Mabinogion, 67

Meetings of the Society, 1-3, 113-15. 237-8, 349-51

Melanesians, the: power of originating Mana, 26

Mermaid's Port: apparitions at, 79