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396 Hebrides, Folklore from, by Rev. Malcolm MacPhail, 84; Hair-dressing on Friday unlucky in, 258

Hebrew beliefs, Babylonian influence on, 72; riddles referred to, 259

Hector, 104; burning of raiment for, 117-I18

Helen, the Hanged, worship of, 178

Heliopolis, 163, 164

Henna, 139

Henry H. of England. 357

Hephæstos and Aphrodite's dowry, 111

Hera, dress of image at Olympia, weaving of, 124; primitive form of her marriage with Zeus, 184

Heræum, the, at Argos, 175

Hereditary kingship, 115

Herezield horse, in Scotland, 102

Herring and mackerel dole, 247-249; season, religious services during, in East Anglia, 246

Hertfordshire folklore, doll in, 276

Hickling, stone at, 275, 276

Hidden treasure, Syria, 17

"High Gods," the, of Australia, by E. Sidney Hartland, 290

Highland Folklore, Some, by W. A. Craigie, 372; desirability of careful collection, 379

Highlands, the home of living tradition, 47

Hindu custom of sitting on Dharna, 108; influence on aboriginal tribes, 169; law of tribal councils, 108, 118; marriage customs, in; Kush, Kaffir chiefs of, their duties, 103

Hippolytus, 177

History, a, of China, from the Earliest Days down to the Present, by Rev. J. MacGowan, reviewed, 340; the, of the Wise Chikar, date inferred for, 165; various texts, 166; translation of, 166, 167

Hock-tide and Hockney, see Kissing Day

Holy Blood, the, as relic in Europe, 360

Holy Graal, see also Grail, A. Nutt's work on, referred to, 265: Mawle, tradition of, 114; Week Observance in the Abruzzi, E. S. Hartland, with note by A. Nutt, and letter from A. de Nino, 362, 363

Homeric poems, death and funeral customs in, 117, 124; evolution of, 97, 98, III, 112; pseudo-archaism of, 119, 132; king's position in, 101, 102; land tenure in, 101, 102; place of, in development of folk-tradition, 133; parental control in, 107; reference to marriage customs in, 104, 112, 113, 126; women's position in, 104, 107, 112

Horn, summoning, at Hungerford, 283

Horse, see Herezield Horse, and Nicholson's War-horse

Horse-shoes in medicine. 186

Hospitality enforced, of chieftains, 102, 103

Horus and the crocodile, 73; as sun-god, 164

House linen, prepared by bride, Scotland, and Norway, 127

Houstry, Scotland, sacred fire used at, as cattle cure, (ill. ), 280

"How the Jaguens journeyed to Paris," Indian parallel, 171

Hungerford, Kissing Day at, 281

Hyena, witches in form of, 30

Hypnotic influence of perfume, 183; eye, 83

Iain Mac a Maighstir, tale, and parallels, 235

Icarius of Sparta, father of Penelope, 100, 111

Iceland, fishing tithe in, 249; ghosts of, 213

Idol worship, the development of, by Mrs. H. G. M. Murray-Aynsley, 183

Idols, Australian, 314; Indian, medicinal use of, 184, 185, 277; in rain-making ceremonies, 277; theft of, 278

Iguana, exogamic class-name of the Murrings of Australia, 305

Iliad, see Homeric poems

Immortality in relation to Osiris-worship, 163, 164,

India (see also Crooke, and McNair); Bengal rain ceremonies in, 277- 280 ; Brahmanism and caste in, 168; death-customs on death of a king, 116; provision of shrouds ill-omened, 122, 124; epics of, not primitive, 98, 99; family councils in, 105: and tribal meetings, 108; free food for, Panchayat at, 118; food taboos, 168: folklore of, 15; and its transmission, 70; bow-bending tale, 132: bride, public