Bibliography: Australian disposal of
dead, 406-8; Celto-Latin paganism,
369; folklore, 7-8; Japanese folk-
lore, 374, 376; Lower Congo
folklore, 373; Dietrich's Volkskund-
liche Zeitschriftenschen für 1904 re-
viewed, 125-6
Bideford: amulet against epilepsy,
341-2; Skimmington riding, 90
Bidford: ballad, 192, 197
Bier crawling under lucky, Greece,
470; flowers from lucky, Greece,
470
Bilaspore: Gordon's Indian Folk-
Tales reviewed, 506-7
Billson, C. J.: The "Jass" at Thun,
438-40 (plate)
Billy Beg, Tom Beg, and the Fairies,
by Miss S. Morrison, 324-7
Binbinga tribe: dead, disposal of, 392
Birds in folklore: (see also Blue jay;
Crane; Crow; Dove; Duck; Emu;
Fowls; Hawk; Heron; Magpie ;
Musk-duck; Owl; Parrot; Pea-
cock; Pigeon; Raven; Rook; Spar-
row; Sparrowhawk; Stork; Swal-
low; Swan; and Wren); amulets in
shape of, Rhodes, 469; Buddhist
gandharvis, 170; down to thatch
byre in folktale, Highlands, 158;
ghosts of women appear as, Torres
Straits, 484; group of men, Torres
Straits, 483; in linked totems,
New Guinea &c., 483; omen from,
Iliad, 59; shape-shifting to, Ara-
bian Nights, 179
Birth customs and beliefs: (see also
Twins); abortion practices, Lower
Congo, 418-9; amulet for child-
birth, British Isles, 300; Australia,
103; barrenness, amulets against,
Flanders, Madonna della Libera
invoked, Italy, 315, and treat-
ment against, Lower Congo, 419;
Celto-Latins, 368; Lower Congo,
420-1; pregnancy, amulets for use
in, Flanders, 207, Lower Congo,
419, and charms for use
Lower Congo, 419; sexual in-
tercourse suspended until weaning,
Lower Congo, 420-1; suckling,
beliefs and customs about, Lower
Congo, 420-1; suffocation before
crying not murder, Lower Congo,
421; weaning, Lower Congo, 420
"Bitter Withy" Ballad, The, by F.
Black animals, see Cat; Dove; and
Goat
Blackness Point: burrs for burry-man,
381
Blacksmith:
(see also Wayland
Smith); in folktales, 61, Ireland,
174, Russia, 173, Somerset, 41-3;
smith god, Japan, 173; tribe,
Transvaal, 280
Black Torrington: charm against
bleeding, 89-90; Skimmington rid-
ing, 90
Blankenberghe: curative rings, 205
Blantyre: 254
Blight, charm against, Kerry, 323
Blindfolding: in charm against
mumps, Cavan, 315
Blood: amulets against flow of, Flan-
ders, 210, London, 299; amulets
blessed by "Holy Blood," Bel-
gium, 205-6; of antelope as sacri-
fice, Lower Congo, 433; of black
cat in charm, Ireland, 316, and in
ceremony for widowed, Lower
Congo, 431; charms against flow
of, Devon, 89-90, Odyssey &c.,
73; not eaten, Jews, 282; of little
finger for charm, Scotland, 85; in
spirit-raising, Wales, 328
Blood-brotherhood: Lower Niger,
Blood diseases, amulets against,
Flanders, 205-6
Blood-Kinship, by S. Singer, 343-4
Blue: beads, in death custom, Lower
Congo, 416, against evil eye,
Greeks, 469, and in wife price,
Lower Congo, 411
Bluebeard type of folktales, 176
Blue jay in legend of founding of
Pātaliputra, 349-50
Blytoncar amulet, 87
Boar, see Pig
Bog-oak, amulets from, Lincolnshire,
87
Bohemia (see also Prague); ancient
religion, 127
Bombay Presidency, see Gujarat
Bone: amuletic, England, 295-6,
Flanders, 206, 208-9, Italy, 209,
Portugal, 215 (plate), 219-21,
Spain, 209
Bones: of food, ceremonial treatment
of, 233
Bangala tribe customs of, 92-7
Bangles, amuletic, 294
Ba-Nkuna exodus of, 278-9
Bannu, see Mianwali
Bantu tribes: (see also under names,
such as Balemba): date of disper-
sion of, 281
Banyan tree in folktale, Jains, 348-9;
whirlpool spirit under, India, 180
Baptism north door open at, Glou-
cestershire &c., 459; unbaptized,
fat of used in witchcraft, 74; un-
baptized buried on north side of
churchyard, England, 459
Barbarossa legends, 500
Barefoot, see Feet
Barleycorns in charm against itch,
Ireland, 316
Ba-Ronga: folktale, 256
Barrenness, see Birth customs and
beliefs
Barwan river: in folktale, 225
Basques folktales, 169, 173-4
Basutos circumcision, 283-4; fish
not eaten, 283; fowls, introduction
of, 281; industries of, 279-80;
name for Balemba, 276; pig
recently introduced, 283; shaved
heads unlucky, 285; trade amongst,
Bat in folktale, Australia, 304; fore-
leg in hunting charm, Lower Congo,
432; ghost of woman appears as,
Torres Straits, 484
Batavia river: dead, disposal of, 402
Bathing in ceremony for widowed,
Lower Congo, 431; after circum-
Sparta, 470; women unclean until
after, Lower Congo, 418
Bathonga: immigration of, 278; lan-
guage, 277,281; name for Balemba,
276
Battle Borough: Danish defeat, 38
Ba-Venda mountains: circumcision,
284; head shaved at new moon,
283; metallurgy, 279
Bayard, in Karling legend, 65
Bay-tree: staff of, Morocco, 455;
striking ground with b. stick puts
out devil's eyes, Morocco, 455
Beads: in death custom, Lower
Congo, 416; in evil eye charm,
Greeks, 469; suggested origin of,
298; in wife price, Lower Congo,
4II
Bear as connected with burry-man,
South Queensferry, 385-7; motor
mascot in shape of, England, 292;
in sayings, England, 386
Beast fables, 116, 502
Beating with withy sticks stops
growth, Weobly, 199-200; unlucky,
Herefordshire, 200
Bee Bees and Withered Branches,
by H. H. Johnson, 339; as clan
name, Nyanja, 255; in folktale,
India, 349
Belemnites as amulets, Surrey, 297-8
(plate)
Belgium: (see also Brabant; Flanders;
and Liège); "touching iron," 205
Bell in amulets, Portugal, 216-7
(plate); Kongo named from, 410
Bellenden Ker: dead, disposal of,
405
Bellerophon, saga of, 57, 154-7, 160
Bellows, magic, of Hephaistos, 71
Belts, see Girdles
Bengal Presidency: (see also Patna);
kulinism, 274
Bengeworth: ballad, 197
Benin City: stranger saw king's feet
only, 499
Benton, G. M.: A Pin-Offering, 92
Berkshire, see Old Windsor
Bern Canton, see Grindelwald; In-
terlaken; Kiesen; Kyburg; Lauter-
brunnen; and Thun
Betrothal customs and beliefs, see
Courting customs and beliefs
Bhagavad-gitâ, the, 491
Bhâts, as Indian Court poets, 53
Bhuthas, see Demons and evil spirits
Bibliography: Australian disposal of
dead, 406-8; Celto-Latin paganism,
369; folklore, 7-8; Japanese folk-
lore, 374, 376; Lower Congo
folklore, 373; Dietrich's Volkskund
liche Zeitschriftenschen für 1904 re-
viewed, 125-6
Bideford
amulet against epilepsy,
341-2; Skimmington riding, 90
Bidford: ballad, 192, 197
Bier : crawling under lucky, Greece,
470; flowers from lucky, Greece,
470
Bilaspore: Gordon's Indian Folk-
Tales reviewed, 506-7
Billson, C. J.: The "Jass" at Thun,
438-40 (plate)
Billy Beg, Tom Beg, and the Fairies,
by Miss S. Morrison, 324-7
Binbinga tribe: dead, disposal of, 392
Birds in folklore: (see also Blue jay;
Crane; Crow; Dove; Duck; Emu;
Fowls; Hawk; Heron; Magpie ;
Musk-duck; Owl; Parrot; Pea-
cock; Pigeon; Raven; Rook; Spar-
row; Sparrowhawk; Stork; Swal-
low; Swan; and Wren); amulets in
shape of, Rhodes, 469; Buddhist
gandharvis, 170; down to thatch
byre in folktale, Highlands, 158;
ghosts of women appear as, Torres
Straits, 484; group of men, Torres
Straits, 483; in linked totems,
New Guinea &c., 483; omen from,
Iliad, 59; shape-shifting to, Ara-
bian Nights, 179
Birth customs and beliefs: (see also
Twins); abortion practices, Lower
Congo, 418-9; amulet for child-
birth, British Isles, 300; Australia,
103; barrenness, amulets against,
Flanders, Madonna della Libera
invoked, Italy, 315, and treat-
ment against, Lower Congo, 419;
Celto-Latins, 368; Lower Congo,
420-1; pregnancy, amulets for use
in, Flanders, 207, Lower Congo,
419, and charms for use
Lower Congo, 419; sexual in-
tercourse suspended until weaning,
Lower Congo, 420-1; suckling,
beliefs and customs about, Lower
Congo, 420-1; suffocation before
crying not murder, Lower Congo,
421; weaning, Lower Congo, 420
"Bitter Withy" Ballad, The, by F.
Black: amulets, Portugal, 215-7
(plate)
Black animals, see Cat; Dove; and
Goat
Blackness Point: burrs for burry-man,
381
Blacksmith:
(see also Wayland
Smith); in folktales, 61, Ireland,
174, Russia, 173, Somerset, 41-3;
smith god, Japan, 173; tribe,
Transvaal, 280
Black Torrington: charm against
bleeding, 89-90; Skimmington rid-
ing, 90
Blankenberghe: curative rings, 205
Blantyre: 254
Blight, charm against, Kerry, 323
Blindfolding: in charm against
mumps, Cavan, 315
Blood: amulets against flow of, Flan-
ders, 210, London, 299; amulets
blessed by "Holy Blood," Bel-
gium, 205-6; of antelope as sacri-
fice, Lower Congo, 433; of black
cat in charm, Ireland, 316, and in
ceremony for widowed, Lower
Congo, 431; charms against flow
of, Devon, 89-90, Odyssey &c.,
73; not eaten, Jews, 282; of little
finger for charm, Scotland, 85; in
spirit-raising, Wales, 328
Blood-brotherhood: Lower Niger,
Blood diseases, amulets against,
Flanders, 205-6
Blood-Kinship, by S. Singer, 343-4
Blue: beads, in death custom, Lower
Congo, 416, against evil eye,
Greeks, 469, and in wife price,
Lower Congo, 411
Bluebeard type of folktales, 176
Blue jay in legend of founding of
Pataliputra, 349-50
Blytoncar amulet, 87
Boar, see Pig
Bog-oak, amulets from, Lincolnshire,
87
Bohemia (see also Prague); ancient
religion, 127
Bombay Presidency, see Gujarat
Bone: amuletic, England, 295-6,
Flanders, 206, 208-9, Italy, 209,
Portugal, 215 (plate), 219-21,
Spain, 209
Bones of food, ceremonial treatment
of, 233
Bangles, amuletic, 294
Ba-Nkuna exodus of, 278-9
Bannu, see Mianwali
Bantu tribes: (see also under names,
such as Balemba): date of disper-
sion of, 281
Banyan tree in folktale, Jains, 348-9;
whirlpool spirit under, India, 180
Baptism: north door open at, Glou-
cestershire &c., 459; unbaptized,
fat of used in witchcraft, 74; un-
baptized buried on north side of
churchyard, England, 459
Barbarossa legends, 500
Barefoot, see Feet
Barleycorns in charm against itch,
Ireland, 316
Ba-Ronga: folktale, 256
Barrenness, see Birth customs and
beliefs
Barwan river: in folktale, 225
Basques folktales, 169, 173-4
Basutos circumcision, 283-4; fish
not eaten, 283; fowls, introduction
of, 281; industries of, 279-80;
name for Balemba, 276; pig
recently introduced, 283; shaved
heads unlucky, 285; trade amongst,
280-1
Bat in folktale, Australia, 304; fore-
leg in hunting charm, Lower Congo,
432; ghost of woman appears as,
Torres Straits, 484
Batavia river: dead, disposal of, 402
Bathing in ceremony for widowed,
Lower Congo, 431; after circum-
Sparta, 470; women unclean until
after, Lower Congo, 418
Bathonga: immigration of, 278; lan-
guage, 277,281; name for Balemba,
276
Battle Borough: Danish defeat, 38
Ba-Venda mountains: circumcision,
284; head shaved at new moon,
283; metallurgy, 279
Bayard, in Karling legend, 65
Bay-tree: staff of, Morocco, 455;
striking ground with b. stick puts
out devil's eyes, Morocco, 455
Beads: in death custom, Lower
Congo, 416; in evil eye charm,
Greeks, 469; suggested origin of,
298; in wife price, Lower Congo,
Bees and Withered Branches,
by H. H. Johnson, 339; as clan
name, Nyanja, 255; in folktale,
India, 349
Belemnites as amulets, Surrey, 297-8
(plate)
Belgium: (see also Brabant; Flanders;
and Liege); "touching iron," 205
Bell in amulets, Portugal, 216-7
(plate); Kongo named from, 410
Bellenden Ker: dead, disposal of,
405
Bellerophon, saga of, 57, 154-7, 160
Bellows, magic, of Hephaistos, 71
Belts, see Girdles
Bengal Presidency: (see also Patna);
kulinism, 274
Bengeworth: ballad, 197
Benin City: stranger saw king's feet
only, 499
Benton, G. M.: A Pin-Offering, 92
Berkshire, see Old Windsor
Bern Canton, see Grindelwald; In-
terlaken; Kiesen; Kyburg; Lauter-
brunnen; and Thun
Betrothal customs and beliefs, see
Courting customs and beliefs
Bhagavad-gitâ, the, 491
Bhâts, as Indian Court poets, 53
Bhuthas, see Demons and evil spirits
Bibliography: Australian disposal of
dead, 406-8; Celto-Latin paganism,
369; folklore, 7-8; Japanese folk-
lore, 374, 376; Lower Congo
folklore, 373; Dietrich's Volkskund
liche Zeitschriftenschen für 1904 re-
viewed, 125-6
Bideford: amulet against epilepsy,
341-2; Skimmington riding, 90
Bidford: ballad, 192, 197
Bier crawling under lucky, Greece,
470; flowers from lucky, Greece,
470
Bilaspore: Gordon's Indian Folk-
Tales reviewed, 506-7
Billson, C. J.: The "Jass" at Thun,
438-40 (plate)
Billy Beg, Tom Beg, and the Fairies,
by Miss S. Morrison, 324-7
Binbinga tribe: dead, disposal of, 392
Birds in folklore: (see also Blue jay;
Crane; Crow; Dove; Duck; Emu;
Fowls; Hawk; Heron; Magpie ;
Musk-duck; Owl; Parrot; Pea-
cock; Pigeon; Raven; Rook; Spar-
row; Sparrowhawk; Stork; Swal-
low; Swan; and Wren); amulets in
shape of, Rhodes, 469; Buddhist
gandharvis, 170; down to thatch
byre in folktale, Highlands, 158;
ghosts of women appear as, Torres
Straits, 484; group of men, Torres
Straits, 483; in linked totems,
New Guinea &c., 483; omen from,
Iliad, 59; shape-shifting to, Ara-
bian Nights, 179
Birth customs and beliefs: (see also
Twins); abortion practices, Lower
Congo, 418-9; amulet for child-
birth, British Isles, 300; Australia,
103; barrenness, amulets against,
Flanders, Madonna della Libera
invoked, Italy, 315, and treat-
ment against, Lower Congo, 419;
Celto-Latins, 368; Lower Congo,
420-1; pregnancy, amulets for use
in, Flanders, 207, Lower Congo,
419, and charms for use
Lower Congo, 419; sexual in-
tercourse suspended until weaning,
Lower Congo, 420-1; suckling,
beliefs and customs about, Lower
Congo, 420-1; suffocation before
crying not murder, Lower Congo,
421; weaning, Lower Congo, 420
"Bitter Withy" Ballad, The, by F.
Black: amulets, Portugal, 215-7
(plate)
Black animals, see Cat; Dove; and
Goat
Blackness Point: burrs for burry-man,
381
Blacksmith:
(see also Wayland
Smith); in folktales, 61, Ireland,
174, Russia, 173, Somerset, 41-3;
smith god, Japan, 173; tribe,
Transvaal, 280
Black Torrington: charm against
bleeding, 89-90; Skimmington rid-
ing, 90
Blankenberghe: curative rings, 205
Blantyre: 254
Blight, charm against, Kerry, 323
Blindfolding : in charm against
mumps, Cavan, 315
Blood: amulets against flow of, Flan-
ders, 210, London, 299; amulets
blessed by "Holy Blood," Bel-
gium, 205-6; of antelope as sacri-
fice, Lower Congo, 433; of black
cat in charm, Ireland, 316, and in
ceremony for widowed, Lower
Congo, 431; charms against flow
of, Devon, 89-90, Odyssey &c.,
73; not eaten, Jews, 282; of little
finger for charm, Scotland, 85; in
spirit-raising, Wales, 328
Blood-brotherhood: Lower Niger,
Blood diseases, amulets against,
Flanders, 205-6
Blood-Kinship, by S. Singer, 343-4
Blue beads, in death custom, Lower
Congo, 416, against evil eye,
Greeks, 469, and in wife price,
Lower Congo, 411
Bluebeard type of folktales, 176
Blue jay in legend of founding of
Pataliputra, 349-50
Blytoncar amulet, 87
Boar, see Pig
Bog-oak, amulets from, Lincolnshire,
87
Bohemia (see also Prague); ancient
religion, 127
Bombay Presidency, see Gujarat
Bone: amuletic, England, 295-6,
Flanders, 206, 208-9, Italy, 209,
Portugal, 215 (plate), 219-21,
Spain, 209
Bones of food, ceremonial treatment
of, 233
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