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 INDEX.

423

" Diviner " in Yucatan, 245

Divining-rod, note on, 28-30

Dog, superstition connected with, 227; howling, sign of death (Greece), 217

Dog (mad), cure for bite of (India), 373

Dona or Pily, fabulous Malagasy ani- mal, 172

Donkey as cure for children's com- plaints, 195

Dorsetshire, superstition in, 332

Dramatic representations of May, 163, 189, 190

Drought, customs in times of (Pesha- wur), 325-328

Ducks, brood of, proper name for, 124

Durham, witchcraft and charms used in, 91

Dwarfs among the Maya (Yucatan), 254

Easter eggs, origin of (Magyar),

359-360; and the hare, connection

between, 121-122 Easter customs (Magyar), 356 Education, folk-lore in relation to,

258-266 Eggs, game with, Magyar, 357; in

Easter customs, 356 Egypt, animal sacrifice in, 92 Elf shots, 300 Elijah (prophet), associated with rain,

214 Evil eye, among the Greeks, 219, 220 ;

belief in India, 369, 370-373 ; belief

in Somerset, 228

Fables, Malagasy, 201-211, 233-243, 305-316,337-343; Sierra Leone, 290

Fairies, stories of, from Monmouth- shire, 379; Scotland, 25-27, 55-58; haunting houses, 167 ; taking children, 168; marry under trees, 90-91

Fairy-help, 27, 56

Fanany (the), fabulous Malagasy animal, 169

Featherstonhaugh (Rev. W.), on Barnard Castle, 227

Feet washing ceremony (Aberdeen- shire), 119

Female imps among the Maya, 255

Fenton (John), Folk-lore in relation to psychology and education by, 258-266 ; an Egyptian variant of Sindbad by, 60

Fern, burning it, supposed to bring rain, 213-214

Fern seed, 26

Festivals, May, 153-163, 187-190, 297; Malagasy, 104

Fever, charm for cure of (Persia), 194

Fire worship (Yucatan) 247

Fires in May-day observances, 158

Fisher folks marriage customs, 119-121

Fisherman, superstition concerning, 355

Flesh, human, made into venison, eaten by lover in legend, 144, 1 45

Folk-lore bibliography, 77-84, 344-350, 387-390,397; from works of fiction, illustrations of, 299-300; of Horace, 115-118

Folk tales, analysis of, 41-51

Folk tales, Chilian, 221-226 ; Irish, 52-55, 184-187, 316-324, 363; parallel tale to '* Thor and his goats," 383

Football played on New Year's Day (Orkney) 332

Foundation sacrifices, 23-24, 302

Fowl's heart used in cure for witch- craft, 91 ; fowls' houses put in mourn- ing at owner's death, 93

" Fox and Hens," game called (Derby- shire), 386

'* Fox and Geese " game, Malagasy equivalent for, 97

Frank (G.), on stang riding, 394-395

Friday, unlucky day, 354

Friend (Rev, H,), on Malagasy and Chinese parallels, 193; on Chinese marriage customs, 196

Fruits and crops, superstitions con- nected with, 248-251

Funeral customs and dirges among the Malagasy, 69-77

Gaelic charm, 192

Games, children's, Cumberland and Derbyshire, 384-387; Malagasy, 40, 97-106 ; with hard-boiled eggs (Magyar) 357; ball, in Irish folk- tale, 316; football in Orkney, 332

Garments, buttoning on right or left side, 197

Germany, May-chafer and spring songs in, 187-190

Ghosts, belief in (Magyar), 361

Giants and dwarfs among the Maya (Yucatan), 254

Gloucestershire, the divining rod in, 29-30

Gods (rain), 211-217, 246, 267

Gomme (G. L.), bibliography of Folk- lore publications in English, by, 77- 84, 344-350, 387-394 ; Folk - lore relies of early village life^ notice of, 302-303