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Index.

Matilda, mother of Henry II. 357

Matriarchy, Amazonian, 80 ; Indian survivals of, 170

May Day, in Lincolnshire, M. Pea- cock 365 ; D. Townshend, 276 ; garland, the, at Winteringham, Lines., 365

Mayor, dipping in the sea, on elec- tion, 117

Mayurakshi river, Bengal, idol cere- monies at, 277, 278

Mecca, pilgrims to, wearing ihram or shroud, 123

Mecklenburg, folklore of, magic dresses, 129

Medea, 178; and the robe of Glaucis, 126

Medicinal folklore ; anaesthetics in Greek folklore, 234 ; ash, and shrew ash, 330 : Danish, 196, 213 ; fire to cure cattle, 215, 216, 281 ; fish-ashes, to cure blindness, Tobit tale, 243 ; Hampshire, 79 : He- brides, 85, 86, 92 ; horse cure by water and silver, 278 ; horseshoes in, 186 ; Indian, idol cures, 184, 277; Lincolnshire, 186; lunacy, Scotch dipping cure for, 377 ; Syrian, 9-14, 16, 18 ; terror of epidemics, how shown, 256 ; wizard doctors, 196

Mediterranean, the, 165

Meetings, i, 20, 124, 157, 193, 289

Megalopolis, 175

Melampus, 178

Melanesian folklore, the Kava cup in Tonga. 103

Meleagios' garth, 102

Members dead, I, 25, 224, 2S9 ; elected and resigned, I, 20, 25, 34, 137, 224, 289

Men eating with gods, 180

Mendes, city of, 164

Menelau", 102 ; marriages of his daughters, 104

Mea's shirts, worn by kitty-witches, 366

JMcraiigis de Portlesguez, French tale, 267

Merlin, 181

Merodach, the sun-god, and the creation myth, 72

Mesopotamia, 165

Metal in wells, 368

Meteorology, folklore of (see Rain a;/f/Wind) Cyprus rain-charm, 188

Mexico, folklore of, 93, 225

Milking-kits decorated for May Day

365 Minos, saga of, 99 Mirzapur, 169

Miscellanea, 84, 186, 277, 372 Mistletoe, used in Lines. May gar- land, 365 Mitra, Sarat Chandra, rain ceremony

from the Murshidabad disliict of

Bengal, 277 Mnevis, 165 Modern Mythology, by Andrew Lang,

reviewed, 67 Mohammedan festivals, India, 137,

138: marriage customs, 136; u.se

ot shrouds 123, and preparation of,

124 Mols and Agger, the people of,

Danish parallel to wise men of

Gotham, 220 Monsters, Danish folklore, 215 Moon folklore, Syrian, 18 Moonibear, a wife of Daramulun, 299 Moquis, scale and snake device of,

179 Mordvin, wedding dress, 125 Morgan, M. de, work of, referred to,

165 Morte (T Arthur, 18 1 Mote science, to cure motes in the

eye, 92 Mother-in-law's welcome to Indian

bride, 152 Mother right, 162 ; traces of, in

India, 170, 171 Motiv, das, der Unterschobenen Brazil

in der internationalen Erzahlungs-

litleratur etc., von. P. Arfert, re- viewed, 70 Mound-dwellers, Danish, classified,

213, 215 Mount Athos, exclusion of all females

from, 180 Mount Lebanon, 3 Mountain of the Sphinx, the, 179 Mozac, wheel-shaped taper offered at,

284 Mudji, or bull-roarer of Australia, 294 Mug, jug and groat buried with

corpse. Lines., 187 Mukbrogan, the, Australia, 309 Mule sans Frein tale, in relation to

the Garoain tale, 267 ; details, 268 Mull, Scotland, folklore of, 2S0 Mungan-ngaur, mythical being of the

Kurnai tribe, Australia, 296

legends of, 307, 310