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Hertfordshire, bee superstition in, 146 Hindu birth -ceremonies, see" Prabhus" Holly, origin of, in Ireland, 265 Honeysuckle, a charm against witch- craft, 229 Horse, magic, of gold, Aino, 20; Ser- vian, 256; Sutherlandshire, 246-247 water, legends of the, Suther- landshire, 246-248 Horses, transformiition of man into,

Aino, 47 Horseshoe superstition, Eoss-shire, 265 House building for newly married, So- mali, 120

sacrifices, see " threshold "

Household omens, Washington, 91 Hudd (A.), Selling hy inch of Candle,

144-145 Human flesh, detected by smell, by giant in Hungarian folk-tale, 201- 202 Hungarian stoiy, the three lemons,

199-209 Hunt, fairy, Sutherlandshire, 219

Indecency of Aino folk-tales, 5 Indra, udders of the cows of, origin of

the cloud formation, 104 Invitation to marriage, Ceylon, 141 Ireland, folk-lore of, 51-64, 146, 265-

267 Iron, evil spirits afraid of, Hindu, 77 Island, enchanted, Antrim, 55 Islands, legend of, America, 87

Jack the Giant Killer, some features

of, 181 Japan, see " Aino ' * Jews and the halibut fish, 273 Judgment, unjust, Sutherlandshire

story, 172

Kelpies. Sutherlandshire, 172,221-229 Kieran (St.") county Tyrone, 58 Kinahan (G. H.) Irish plant-lore notes, 265-267; Halibvt, 273-274; DeviVs Glen, county WicMow, 274 King (Capt. J. S.) JVotes on the Folk- Lore and some Social Cv stems of the Western Somali tribes, 119-125

Labaalteine, Irish name for St. John's fires, 57

Lake dwellings, legends about, Suther- landshire, 155-156

Lang (A.) Myth Ritiial and Religion review of, 80-83 ; Perrault's Popular Tales, 212-218 ; Euterpe, 213-214

Language, disease of, and origin of

myth, Aino, 4 Language of animals, Aino, 10 Laughing, bride won by making her

laugh, Sutherlandshire story, 186 Leaden castle in Hungarian folk-tale,

200 Lemons, the three, Hungarian story,

199-209 Lice, origin of, Aino, 8 Lightning, fire kindled by, extin- guished only with milk, Arab. 211,

275 Liquids, dreaming of, causes rain,

Aino, 50 Local rhyme, Sutherlandshire, 238 Localitias fatal to certain people, 151 Locke (the god) drawing water, origin

of in cloud formation, 105 Looking glass, turning of, at death,

77,145 Lord's Prayer, power of, against with-

craft, 223 Lying, punishment for, Aino, 23-24

Magic horse of gold, Aino, 20 Maiden, harvest, at Balquhidder, 268-

271 Maiden names, married women called

by, Westmeath, 61; Wexford, 63 Malacca, traditions of the Aborigines

of, 64-74 Malay folk-tale, 134-139 Man, stench from, to the inhabitants

of the sky, Aino, 20 Manman (St.), Queen's County, 61 Manor court held under oaks, Ireland,

265 Maori legends of procuring fire, 147-

148; tide-lore, 277 Marriage customs, Ceylon, 139-142;

Ferce islands, 129-131; Ross-shire,

264 ; Somali, 119-125 Mai-tinengo-Cesaresco (E), Singing

Game, 211 Maui, legend of, Pacific legend, 106-

107, 147 May bushes, Clare, 54; Longford, 62;

Roscommon, 56 Meiitra, Aborigines of Malacca, tradi- tions of, 64-74 Mermaid, love of for fisherman, Su- therlandshire, 165 Metaphor, origin of folk-tales. Aino, 4 Midsummer fires, Clare, 54 ; Longford,

62 Milk, used for extinguishing fire kindled

by lightning, Arab, 211, 275