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 INDEX.

Abercrombie (Hon. J.): Irish Story from County Keri-y, 257-267

Aberdeenshire, folk-tales from, 269- 274; omens, 282

Accounts, 392-393

African (South) folk-tales, tabulated, 367-369

Agricultural customs, Esthonian, 162- 164

superstition, 278

Air, fairy palace situated in the, 139

Algonquin legend of " forbidden cham- ber " group, 232, 238

Analysis of folk-tales, 93

Animal sacrifice in Indian folk-tales, 336-337

Animals, descent of man from, 317, 318

origin of domestic, 320

story of (Indian), 121-124

Aukle, itching of the, 91

Annual Meeting, 288, 395

Anthropology and folk-lore, 116-117

Apes, connection of, with elves, 142

Apperson (G. L.): Tabulation of folk- tales, 367-377

Apsley, tradition relating to, 81

Arabian folk-tales of " forbidden cham- ber" group, 215, 222, 229, 230, 233

Armour, fairy, 154

Arthur, legends of, 81-82

Astrology, a section of folk-lore, 5, 11, 99

Atlantic, sailors' name for, 53

Atlas, Mongolian form of the legend, 321

Auguries from itching, 91

Avarice, punishment of, folk-tale, 364- 366

Bagpipes of Lincolnshire, 83, 86 Ballads and songs, a section of folk- lore, 5, 98 Banffshire, folk-tales from, 269-274 Barley break, a game played by the nymphs, 138

Basque story of " forbidden chamber "

group, 198, 201 Bats, skin of, used for roof of fairy

palace, 139 Beai-, the badge of Warwickshire, 87 Bedfordshire, rhyme on, 83, 85 Beelzebub, the God of flies, 147 Bees superstition, 379

told of death, Scotland, 281

Bent (J. T.) : TJie Cyclades, or, Life among the Insular' Greeks reviewed, 191-192 Berkshire, rhyme on, 82, 85 Bible traditions, 134-136 Biology and folk-lore, 105 Birchall (T. B.): The Weight in Gold of the Maharnjah given to the Poor. 280 Birds in Mongolian folk-tale, 313-314 Birth, Esthonian song during, 165

superstitions, Northants, 283

Black (William George): Obituary

Notice of Mr. James Napier, 96 Blood, spilling of, at funerals, 281 «' Bluebeard " stories, 193-242 Boat launching customs, 180, 307 Bohemian folk- tale of "forbidden

chamber " group, 213, 215, 236 Boils, remedy for, 152 Borrowing, superstitions about, 180 Borrowing days, 278 Braules, danced by the nymphs, 138 Brereton, tradition relating to, 80-81 Brushfield (T. N.): Burning-drakes,

186 Buckingham, rhyme on, 82, 85, 86 Bull, man transformed into, 187-188

omen in Indian folk-tales, 64

Burial customs, Scotland, 281-282 Burne (Charlotte S.): The Science of Folk-Lore,%7-\Q^,2&l-2Q^ ; Mayers' Song atLetch'>vorth,l85-18& ; Shrop- shire Folk-Lore reviewed, 190 ; New Year Custom in Durham, 282 ; Aberdeenshire Omens, 282 ; Palm Sunday in Northants, 283 ;