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280 Bible, superstitions connected with, 246

Birth customs, Aino, 48; Mentra, 66; Prabhus, 75-77; Washington, 92

Black (William George) Charms and Spells at Gretna, 189-190

Blackening of faces, before battle, Sutherlandshire, 150

Blanket of the sun, clouds so-called, 100

Blood-feud and exogamy, Somali, 123

Blue flowers, growth of on the Cross, Dorset legend, 118

Boar, legend of, Sutherlandshire, 159-160

Boar's head, clouds so called, 102

Bolton (H. C.), Terms used in talking to Domestic Animals, 142-143

Bonfires on Midsummer Eve, Clare, 54

on Hallowe'en, Perthshire, 270

Borrowing of stories, Aino, 2-3

Bride, beating of, as portion of marriage ceremony, 124

, capture, Ross-shire, 264

Bridge built by kelpies, Sutherlandshire, 172

Brother-in-law, widow married to, Somali, 125

Buffalo legend, Mentra, 73

Building legend, Tyrone, 58; Sutherlandshire, 157

Bull-baiting on St. Stephen's Day, Longford, 62

Burial custom of the Ainos, 271-273

Buried castle and ship legends, Sutherlandshire, 155

Cakes at dances, Roscommon, 57

Calvary, Dorset, legend concerning, 118

Cambridgeshire, lightning superstition, 275

Cambyses, death of, 151

Candle, burning of on Christmas night, Longford, 62

, inch of, selling by, Somersetshire, 144-145

lighted, carried round the bed as a charm, Gretna, 189, 190

Candlemas day customs, Clare, 54

Cannibal giants, in Hungarian folk-tale, 201, 202

Cask, genii in, legend of Sutherlandshire, 153

Cats, omen of death from, Ross-shire, 263

Cave legend, Sutherlandshire, 152

Caves, mythical, origin of in clouds, 100

Celtic antiquities, superstition connected with, 117

Ceylon, Sinhalese, milk superstition, 275

Chamberlain (Basil Hall) Aino Folk-Lore, 1-51

Changeling, fairy, Sutherlandshire, 215-216

Charm, stolen, Aino folk-tale, 15-16

Charms, Gretna, 190; Ross-shire, 264

, Washington, 93

Chieftainship, Aino, 39

Child-ceremony at marriages, Somali, 124

Children, folk-lore connected with, Washington, 92-93

Chimney, fairies in, Dorset, 116

Chinese fairy tale, 192

Christ, folk-lore connected with, 209, 210

Christmas customs, Clare, 54; Longford, 62

Church folk-lore, 275

Cirrus, origin of the word in English, 96

Clothes of deceased father, descends to brother, 263; of deceased mother descends to daughters, 263

Clouds, folk-lore of, 94-115

, riding on the, Aino, 27

Cock mass, ceremony of the, Colombia, 210

, omens from, Washington, 91

, why it cannot fly, Aino, 8

Cock and hen, and the fox, Sutherlandshire story, 250

Collection of stories, mode of, in Japan, 1-2

Colombia, Christian customs in, 210

Comfrey, red-flowered, as medicine, Dorset, 116

Common, game of, county Down, 59

Conflicts, tribal, Roscommon, 56; Kilkenny, 64

Coracles, use of, county Clare, 54

Corn growing in one night, Sutherlandshire story, 161; Seneca parallel, 198

Cows, liability of to witchcraft, Antrim, 56; Feroe islands, 132

Creation, time of, mentioned in Aino legends, 19; Mentra, 66

Credun (St.) well dedicated to, Clare, 52

Crows, share' of man's food given to, Aino, 21; transformation of into man, 28, 42