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INDEX.

Pigwiggeu, a fairy, 143, 148, 150, 154

Pike, tradition of, 81

Pin, a fairy, 147, 150

Pinck, a fairy, 147, 150

Pip, a fairy, 147, 150

Pitre (Dr. G.) : Novelle popolari Tos-

cane, reviewed, 286-287 Place legends, a section of folk-lore, 5,

79,98 Pluto, his position in faiiydom, 148 Plymouth, tradition relating to, 80 Poor, curious ceremony for relief of,

280 Portuguese story of " forbidden cliam-

ber" group, 197 Pride in folk-tale incidents, 248-249 Prison-base, a game played by the

nymphs, 138 Proserpina, a fairy goddess, 155 Proverbs in Drayton's poems, 88-90 North Indian, 16-44 ; Scottish,

52,53

a section of folk-lore, 5

Puck, characteristics of, 149 Punchkin, tabulation of the tale of, 170-171

group of stories, 241

Pyewackett, a fairy imp, 147

Quick, a fairy, 147, 150

Rabbit, unlucky to fisher-folk, 182, 308 Ram fighting in folk-tale incidents,

248-249 Randolph (T.), conception of fairy

palace, 140 Rasalu (Raja), variant to legend of,

60-61 Rats in folk-tale incidents, 132, 133,

257, 334, 340-350, 351

unlucky to fisher-folk, 182, 308

unlucky to speak of, 309

Raven in folk-tale incident, 257

superstition concerning, 284

Reaping song, Esthonian, 162 Red hair, fisher-folk's idea of, 308 Reid (John): Mongolian Legend, 283-

284 Reviews, 92-95, 188-192, 284-288, 380-

383 Rhyme in folk-tales, 305 Rhymes on the haddock, 310

local, 82-88

traditional, a section of folk- lore, 6

Rhyming games, 273-274

incantations, importance of,

191

Riches in folk-tale incidents, 333-335 Riddle, Mongolian, 317

story, 272-273

Riddles, custom of asking, 138

a section of folk-lore, 5

River-sprite in folk-tale incidents, 365-

366 Robin Hood epos, origin of, 44-52 Romulus, Mongolian form of the legend,

322 Roumanian folk - tale of " forbidden

chamber " group, 214, 228, 234 Rue, superstitious uses of, 152 Russian folk-tales of " forbidden cham- ber " group, 216 Russians, origin of, 283-284 Rutland, bee superstition in, 379 rhyme on, 83, 85

Sacrifice for luck at fishing, 378

St. Elmo's light, 306

St Mark's eve, 278-279

Salmon, name for, 309 ; unlucky to speak of, 309 ; unlucky to fishermen, 308

Saturday, favourite day for launching boat, 307

Sayce (Prof.): Introduction to the Science of Language, 3

Sayings, popular, a section of folk- lore, 5, 101

Scholar, the poor, folk-tale from county Kerrv, 257-267

Science of Folk-lore, 1-16, 97-121, 267, 269

Scilly, tradition respecting, 79

Sclavonic folk-tales of " forbidden chamber" group, 215, 217, 218

Scotland (witchcraft in), book on, re- viewed, 189

. folk-lore of the %Qa.,see " Sea "

stories of " forbidden cham- ber" group, 197, 198, 201

Sea, folk-lore of the, 52-56, 180-185, 305-311, 384

Sea- sprite, Indian folk-tale of, 328-329

Serfdom of Esthonians, 162-164, 166

Serpent, in Indian folk-tales, 56-60

Seventh son, superstition of the, 311

Shakespeare's fairies, 151

Sharpe (Charles Kirkpatrick) : Histo- rical Account of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland reviewed, 189

Sheep, origin of, 321

lucky to meet, 282

Shires, characteristics of the, 82-83