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Bairree Ghora. at Indian weddings,

148 Balance Sheet, 29 Ball-games, see Football ; Mexican,

93

Ballad poetry, English, problem of, 47 ; community of incident with that of other countries, 48

Ballads, Danish, see Kristensem.

Bantu fetishism, 161

Barber, the, at Indian weddings, 137, 140, 143.. 144

Barber's wife, at Indian weddings,

147, 149 Bard at Indian weddings, 137, 140,

142, 143, 149, 150 Bardwan district, India, idol theft in,

278 Bare-Stripping Haitgman, the, Gaelic

tale referred to, 271 Barlow T. L. (joint-author), see

McNair. Barrenness, how to avert in brides,

128 Barrett, W. F., Divining Rod, 79 Barwan tribes, Australia, beliefs of,

301 Bases for classifying mental and

moral status of a race, 39 ; for

deductions from folk-literature, 40 ;

for selection of racial elements in

literature, 40 Basket in Indian marriage ceremonies,

140-149 Basuto, kings, duties of, 102 ;

marriage customs, 112 Bataille de Loqinfer, French tale,

267 Beads, blue, to avert Evil Eye, 10 ;

in divination, 16 Beauty and the Dragon, Greek tale,

German parallels, 233 Bechuana custom of feeding chiefs,

103 Beena marriage, 104 Beheading game, the, in tale of

Gawain, 269 Bellerophon's garth, 102 Bells (in Negro embroidery), M.

Peacock, 79 Belshim, Assyrian deity, 167 Benbecula, re-marriage of widows in,

104 Benfey, Professor, 229, 234 Beltene, 216 Bengal, folklore of, magic properties

of hair and clothes, 279 ; rain

ceremony in, 277-280 : Risley's

ethnological work on, 169 Benjamin's "mess" and parallels,

103 Bent, T., cited on Greek tree-bed,

131 Beowulf (poem), its tendency, 42 Bergfolk, Danish folklore, 204, 212,

Bergische Sagen, Gesammelt und mit Atimerkungen heraiisgegeben. Von Otto Schell, reviewed, 342

Berkshire folklore, Kissing Day at Hungerford, 281 ; Wayland the Smith, 42

Bertha-saga, the, discussed, 71

Betrothal customs, India, see India and Marriage Customs

Beyrout, 188

Bheestie at Indian weddings, 150

Bible, see Studies on Biblical Subjects,

Bibliography of works of E. T. Kristensen, 221

Bibliotheca delle Tradizioni Popolari Siciliane, per cure di Giuseppe Pitre, vol. xx. htdovinelli^ Dubbi, Sciolilingiia del Popolo Siciliano, reviewed, 258

Biology as a basis for anthropology and chronology, 261

Biradari, councils of, India, 108, 115

Bird folklore ; Crane, 315 ; Crow, 31 1> 373; Cuckoo, 84; Eagle- hawk, 305 ; Emu, 297 ; Emu- wren, 311 : Jay, 306, 312 ; Mag- pie, 287 ; Owl, 18; Pea-hens, 82; Raven, 18; Superb Warbler, 311 ; Swamphawk, 311 ; Turkey-hen, 82

Birrahgnooloo, wife of Baiame, 393

Birth Customs, Hampshire, 79 j Kol, 170; in the Lebanon, 7, 10, 18; in Wales, 189

Black Sea, Germans on, 74

Black Lad, the, of Ashton-under Lyne, by Mrs. F. H. Griffith, 379

Blanket and house-linen, spinning before marriage, Scotland and Norway, 127

Blessing the crops, etc., in Syria, 51; the fishing. Great Yarmouth, 246

Blood; Bulls', in chastity test, 130; pig's in weaving ceremonies, 124; charm to stop, Danish, 214 ; feuds in Syria, 18 ; the Holy, 360 ; savage horror of, 253, and result, 254

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