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406 531. Return of the ghost barred by water, and looking back taboo.

571. Omens from the fire sacrifice.

572. Sacred fish.

574. Groves with five trees of certain sorts are sacred all over India.

575. Tiger-claw amulets, especially good if laid crosswise.

576. Legend of creation of cocoa-nut, as an unfinished human head. It is often used in offerings, perhaps as a substitute for human sacrifice.

577. Healing well at Jagadhri.

580. A demon retreats when a shoe is thrown at him. (Compare wedding-shoes.)

581. The gods are afraid of a very holy man, lest he should displace them.

582. Saharanpur.—A saint who protects from fire.

584. Camel-bones used to scare demons. The sacred number seven (cf. 516).

585. Saharanpur.—A healing tank. The number seven again (516, 584).

586. Ganges water not to be boiled.

588. Gorakhpur.—Tarkulhi ki Mātā. A deity much dreaded by women. She loves impure offerings, and pigs are sacrificed to her in a brutal manner, which is here described.

589. Bulandshahr.—A jungle goddess. Her shrine is a collection of branches, to which every passer-by adds a twig. A red flag on a bamboo is fixed there in fulfilment of vows. Worshipped by herdsmen.

590. Saharanpur.—The forest goddess, whose name means "the stones of confidence." Her shrine is a heap of stones, to which every passer-by adds a pebble. Flags and treacle offered.

591. Goddesses of the mountain passes. Offering: she-goat that has never borne a kid.

461. Arithmetical charm for divining the sex of an unborn child.

463. Burial customs among the Bhuinhar Brahmins in the Saran district, Behar. Certain castes who (1) burn the face, and