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Folk-lore :

Devil's dam in a Cossack Stanitza, vii. 6

Devil's offering, iv. 68, 118

Drowned bodies recovered, i. 465 ; ii. 463, 526 ;

iii. 255 ; iv. 343 ; vi. 400 Epilepsy and thrush, xii. 47 Evil eye, v. 285 ; vii. 47; xi. 208 Fair and making fair, vii, 446 " Fig for him," ii. 185 Fire ceremonies, aboriginal, ii. 44 "First foot" on New Year's Day, i. 87, 249, 351;

xii. 505

Fishermen, viii. 105, 248 Flesh-eater, first, xii. 45, 514 Footprints, vi. 163, 223, 322, 391 French Robin Hood, xi. 169, 258, 410 Funeral, ix. 108

Funny-bone superstition, iii. 469 Gallows and birds' nesting- place, iv. 233 Geese as emblems of constancy, i. 365; ii. 114 Glas Ghairm, Highland incantation, v. 107 Goat, v. 248, 359, 521; vi. 132, 196 Gold, rubbing the eyes with, v. 104, 212 ; vi. 134 Green colour, ix. 234, 490 ; x. 32, 133, 853 ; xi. 32 Green fairies: Woolpit green children, v. 47, 155 Hair from the nape of the neck, xii. 187, 313 "Hal-an-Tow,"iv. 287 Hobgoblin's claws, xii. 189, 333 Horse and water-lore, i. 188, 412 How o' the Caillech (Old Wife), xi. 188 Humpbacks touched for luck, iii. 486 Japanese, vi. 468 Jutland, xi. 442 Kissing for luck, iv. 148 Knife greasing, x. 509 Lizard, vii. 67, 224, 436 Looking-glass, vi. 7, 131, 215, 350 Luck money, xi. 1 27, 358 Marriage, iv. 5, 112 ; viii. 445 Marriage and baptism, v. 54 Marriages, second-hand, iv. 266 'Master Thief,' Welsh gipsy story, iv. 161, 353 Mince-pie, xii. 505

Monster from the Tiber, iv. 226, 406 Moon lore, vii. 27, 96, 154 ; ix. 32 Mound burial, viii. 80, 151, 470 Myths, popular, xi. 348, 451 New Year's Day, i. 87, 249, 351; ii. 55 ; xii. 505 Norfolk hunter and hounds, ii. 188 North, superstitions about, ii. 55 Owl, xii. 113 Palm Sunday wind, i. 17 Partridge, viii. 202, 288 Pearl buttons as a cure for corns, ix. 10, 158 Perfection in quantity, ix. 325, 436 Pig killing in the wane of the moon, ix. 32 Poker virtue, v. 108

Primrose superstition, xi. 448 ; xii. 33, 234, 412 Rabbits and rheumatism, xii. 126 Raising the wind, x. 85, 253 Ring, silver, iv. 438

River not flowing on the Sabbath, xii. 19 Rolling-pins as charms, iii. 245, 337, 392, 438 ;

iv. 154, 235, 354 Russian, iii. 243, 385; xi. 47

Folk-lore :

Sailors and fishermen, viii. 105, 248

St. Roch's dog, xii. 189

Salt, placed under a corpse, ix. 228, 352 ; thrown on stairs, xii. 100

Serpent's feet, legend concerning, xii. 112

Sieve and shears, x. 455

Sneezing, ii. 55

Snow-feathers, viii. 403, 494 ; ix. 112, 292

Soudanese, ii. 224

Spanish, xii. 484

Spider, viii. 194 ; ix. 449

Spoons, gold, silver, and wooden, v. 7, 111, 172

Springs and wells, xi. 469

Star, ix. 227, 357

Stoning the wren, x. 95

Suicide, French, i. 488 ; ii. 132

Sun hissing when setting, xi. 138 ; xii. 391

Swept and garnished, vi. 327, 393

" Swim-shell, " iv. 68

Tenure by burnt offering, vi. 327

Thrush and epilepsy, xii. 47

Toad, ix. 426

Treasure superstition, xii. 275

Trees and the external soul, i. 37, 177

Trinity Sunday, xi. 224, 298 ; xii. 477

Vampires, Italian precautions against, i. 206

Wart curing, ii. 94

Weather, v. 436, 503, viii. Ill, 214, 491

Welsh church-building, xii. 422

Welsh corpse custom, iii. 208, 333

Whooping-cough and caterpillar, xii. 126

Wind, ix. 148, 338, 512

Wishing wells, iii. 443

Witches in the republic of Colombia, vii. 366

Worcestershire, vi. 410, 496 ; vii. 54, 255, 374

Yeth-hounds, i. 89, 295 Folk-lore or botany, xi. 148, 514 Folk-lorist on burnt sacrifice : mound burial, viii. 80 Folk-medicine, vi. 306 Folks, use of the plural form, xi. 369, 438, 470 ; xii.

50, 138

Follett (Samuel), Westminster scholar, 1771, x. 7, 58 Follies, architectural, x. 489 ; xi. 157 Fonblanque (John Anthony), his biography, v. 247,

500

Fond, its old and modern meanings, i. 365 ; ii. 34, 154 Font, its singular discovery, i. 383 Fontaines (H. de) on Fountain family, ix. 149 Fontayne (Sergeant), d. 1671, his biography, xi. 248 Fonte (Admiral), his voyage in ship called Holy

Ghost, ix. 268

Fontenay (Madame de) and Emmet family, corre- spondence, xii. 308 Fontenoy, Irish Brigade at the battle of, 1745, vii. 25,

114, 211, 333 ; the 42nd at, 286, 378 Fonts, churches without, ii. 268, 393 ; list of, ix. 447 ;

curious, x. 35

" Fool's plough," its meaning, i. 348 ; ii. 11 Foor=scent, ii. 467 Foot measure, its length, i. 388, 496 Foot of beef as a quantity, its meaning, vii. 510 Foot outlines as records of pilgrimage or visit, iv. 306,

463 Football on Shrove Tuesday, v. 283, 402, 486; vi. 55