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 INDEX TO VOL. XXIX. (1918).

Abbot of Misrule, the, 153 Africa, Central : tabu of the

widow, 42 Algonquin tribe : provision of

food for the dead, 41 Altars, hypaethral, 115 Andamanese : type of hut used

by, 119 Anglesey : mode of protection

from evil spirits, 158 seq. Animals fed at Christmas, 70 Apparitions : in Brittany, 81 Apple Sunday in Russia, 155 Archways : protection of, 142 Arrowheads, stone : believed to

be fairy darts, 317 Arval : avril bread, 84 seqq. Ass, the skin of : a protection

against fairies, 317 Atharvaveda : account of house- building in, 123 Athos Mount : use of rosaries at,

278 Atit, Atith sect : use of rosaries

by, 260 Auditor, Honorary, of the Society:

appointment of, 3 Awemba tribe : fire extinguished

at death, 44 seq.

Balance sheet of the Society,

10 seq. Baloch tribe : form of hut used

by, 119 Banshee, the : in Ireland, 308 seqq. Bantu tribe : fear of using goods

of the dead, 38 Barefoot, Mayor walking, 297 Baroda State : forms of houses,

127 Ba^il, the holy : a material for

rosaries, 260 Basilisk : bringing forth a cock's

egg. 76 Bathonga tribe : food provided

for the dead, 39 ; disposal of

goods of the dead, 38 ; village

deserted on death of the head- man, 47 Baudis, Dr. J. : review of M. E. Dobbs, Sidelights on the Tain Age and Other Studies, 169 seqq. Beads : used as mnemonic signs, 257 ; used in charms, 263 ; meaning of the word, 276

Bedawi tribe : use of tents, 118

Bell-ringing at Christmas, 148 seqq.

Bengal: houses in, 115; form of the roofs, 118 ; types of house, 122, 125 ; type of villages, 125 ; orientation of the house, 134

Bhairon, an earth-god, 138

Bhil tribe : method of house- building, 125

Billson, Mr. C. J. : on Some Mythical Tales of the Lapps, 178 seqq.

Black Pig of PCiltrustan, 226 seqq.

Blackman, Miss W. S. : on The Rosary in Magic and ReUgion, 255 seqq. ; on Traces of the Couvade in England, 319 seqq.

Blessing the sea in Brittany, 82

Boar's head at Christmas, 69

Bombay : types of houses, 122 ; ritual at entering a new house, 138

Bonfires in Ireland, 298 (

Brand Committee : Report of, 12 seqq. ; classified catalogue of material, 66 seqq., 146 seqq.

Bread and cheese at Christmas, 67

Breast-beating at death, 42

Breton folklore, 79 seqq.

Brick walls attract the Evil Eye, "5

Buddhists : use of rosaries by, 264

Bull-baiting in Ireland, 298 seqq

Burial customs : influence of, on the belief in a future state, 34 si^qq-

Burma : use of rosaries in, 265