Calicut: sympathetic magic, 475 Calymnos men yield milk, 106; sneezing, saying about, 106; sponge an animal, 106
Calypso island of, 58; magic cloth- ing, 72; story distinguished from that of Circe, 177-8 Cambridge: shutting windows after death, 337
Cambridge History of English Litera- ture, The, vol. i., reviewed, 247- 51
Cambridgeshire, see Cambridge Camel afreet appears as, Egypt, 471; Nereid takes shape of, Greece, 168
Camelot, see Cadbury camp Campania, see Cumae
Camps associated with dragon and battle legends, Somerset, 35-6 Camwood-tree: in hunting charms, Lower Congo, 431, 435 Canada, see Chipewyan Indians Canara, see South Canara; and Udipi Candia amulet, 469
Candle: Easter-Sunday, Agnus Dei from, 203, and contains 3 wax nails, Flanders, 202
Candlemas Day: candle blessed, Flanders, 203
Cannibalism in Australia, 397, 401- 3, 405; in Europe, 176 Cannington: fort and ford, 41; other folk than Somerset = Welsh, 343; spectral hound, 44
Cannington Marsh: Danish raid, 36 Cannington Park: Danish defeat, 39; shrew tree, 88-9
Cardiganshire, see Llanafan; Ponter- wyd; and Ystrad Meurig Carey, Miss E. H.: The Fifth of November and Guy Fawkes, 104-5 (plate)
Carhampton: Arthur legend, 35 Caria: prehistoric population, 58 Carlingford hills: itch, charm for, 316
Carmarthenshire: (see also Cwrt-y- Cadno); crystal-gazing, 328-9; Devil takes wizard's body, 331; spirit-raising, 327-31 Carols, see Folk-songs Carpathian to Pindus, From: Pic-
tures of Roumanian Country Life, by T. Stratilesco, reviewed, 346-7 Carpentaria, Gulf of: dead, disposal
Carpenter, J. Estlin: Congress of the History of Religions, 228-30
Cassava leaves in abortion doses, Lower Congo, 419
Caste: Bougle's Essais sur le Régime des Castes reviewed, 488-92 Castlebellingham: wise man, 317 Cat: amulets in shape of, England and Italy, 295; black, blood of in charms, Ireland, 316; black, in charm, Cavan, 316-7; black, as mascot, London, 290; death warn- ing by, Cavan, 318; in folktales, Australia, 307-8, Tibet, 116; motor mascot in shape of, England, 292; skin as amulet, Flanders, 208 Catalepsy amulets against, Flanders,
Catamenia: amulets for, Flanders, 207; customs during, Lower Congo, 418 Catford (Som), 46
Cattle, see Cow; and Ox Caucasus, see Svanetia Cauro: rain-making, 332 Cavan charm, 323; death warning,
318; divination, 323; folk medicine, 315-7; unlucky to burn hair, 319 Celebes, see Bonthain; Buginese; and Macassar
Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times, by E. Anwyl, reviewed, 124-5
Celts (see also France; Ireland; Scotland; and Wales); cannibalism amongst, 176; Celto-Latin peoples, folklore of, 366-9; fairies, 176; religion, 124-5; only women in Land of Everliving, 161
Celts, stone : as amulets, Ireland, 298, Jersey, 298-9
Centaurs; in Homeric poems, 159-60 Centipede inserted alive into idol, China, 91
Central America, see Kichés
Central Provinces of India, see Bilas-
Chalcedony, red, as amulet, 297 Chaldæa (see also Babylon); Eabani the god, 167
Chalk in hunting charm, Lower Congo, 436; in pregnancy charm, Lower Congo, 419 Chamberlain, A. F.: A Macassar Version of Cinderella, 230-2 Champa: King Udayin, 350 Chanakya, minister of Chandragupta, 350-2
Chandragupta, King, see King Chan- dragupta
Channel islands, see Guernsey; and Jersey
Charlton Horethorne: holy well, 49 Charms and spells: (see also Amulets and talismans):—
against: bleeding, Devon, 89-90, Odyssey &c., 73; blight, Kerry, 323; burns and scalds, Ire- land, 317; children's ailments, India, 501; drouth, Anatolia, 311; epilepsy, Meath, 316, Scotland &c., 85; erysipelas, Kerry, 316; evil eye, Somerset, 88; "grup" in cows, Antrim, 299; heart disease, Cavan, 315-6; hernia, Somerset, 88; ill-luck at whist, London, 301; itch, Carlingford hills, 316; king's evil, Cavan, 316; mumps, Cavan, 315; ring- worm, Limerick, 317; starva- tion, Cavan, 323; warts, Cavan, 315, Somerset, 89; whitlows, Cavan, 316-7; whooping cough, Devon, 345, Limerick, 317, Oxfordshire, 296;
to expel rats, Ireland, 318; full name of patient must be known, Isle of Man, 78; for hunting- dogs, Lower Congo, 436; for hunting-luck, Lower Congo, 431-3; India, 73, 474; to injure enemy, Madras, 474, Malabar, 475; Japan, 374; for rain-making, Anatolia, 311-2, Corsica, 332, Roumania, 347 Charybdis, myth of, 179 Chastity : amulets to preserve, Flanders, 207, 210
Cheddar: gorge made by devil, 43 Chemmis, floating island, 185 Chieftainship: powers and perquisites of, Lower Congo, 426-7; succession
Childbirth customs and beliefs, see
Birth customs and beliefs Children (see also Birth customs and beliefs; Medical folklore; and Twins); amulets specially for, Flanders, 208-10, Portugal, 217; diseases caused by moon, Portugal, 217; looking in glass gives bad dreams, Lower Congo, 420; rela- tions to parents, Lower Congo, 424-5; shooting stars may injure, Lower Congo, 420; sucklings not charged for, Lower Congo, 421 Chimæra, in saga of Bellerophon, 157-9
Chimpanzee: name of, Manyema, 255 China: (see also Tibet); amulet de-
rived from, England, 295; folktales, 73, 154; purgatory, 76; Putting Life into an Idol, 91; Tibetan folktales imported from, 117; women's kingdom, 161 Chingalee tribe, see Tjingilli tribe Chipewyan Indians: lactation in
Cnossus pictographic script, 155 Coal as luck-bringer, East Ham, 290, Leeds, 290 Coburg Peninsula: dead, disposal of, 389
Cock: afreet as, Arabian Nights, 167; cock-fighting, ceremonial, India, 475; in folktales, Celebes, 231, Germany, 168, Norway, 167, Nyanga, 256
Coco nut: amulets from shell, Lin- colnshire, 87
Coco-nut palm: in folktale, Tibet, 116
Cocullo: costume, 313
Cocytus river: branch of Styx, 69 Cod-fish in folktale, Australia, 225-6 Codvan's Well, in legend of Savaddan lake, 460
Coins as amulets, 361; made by magic, Morocco, 457; as witch medals, Tuscany, 87; with holes, as amulets, Lincolnshire, 87-8 Coles, F. R.: Journey Omen, 344 Colic: amulets against, Portugal, 217 (plate)
Collectanea, 78-97, 190-227, 288-332, 438-70
Cologne: amulets of three Magi Kings, 83-7
Colours in folklore, see under various colours, such as Red Combwich: charm against evil eye, 88; devil seen, 45; ford and fort, 31-2, 38, 41; hill dropped by devil, 43; Scandinavian population, 45-7; Wild Hunt, 41, 43
Compass: as amulet, London, 297 Compass, points of, see East; North; South; and West
Compendium of the Punjab Customary Law, by H. A. Rose, reviewed, 251-2
Conception: Australia, 161; women's island near Sumatra, 161 Congo Free State: (see also Bangala tribe; Lulanga river; Manyema; Monsembe; San Salvador; and Wathen); Notes on some Customs of the Lower Congo People, by Rev. J. H. Weeks, 409-37; de Jonghe's Les Sociétés Secrètes au Bas Congo reviewed, 370, 373 Congress of the History of Religions, by J. Estlin Carpenter, 228-30 Connaught, see Galway county
Convulsions, amulets against, Italy, 218
Conybeare, F. C.: The Use of a Skull in a Rain-making Ceremony in Corsica, 332
Copper horse of Vergilius, 72; in Transvaal
Coral amuletic, 365, Flanders, 210, Portugal, 217 (plate) Corcyra, see Corfu
Corfu city of Alcinous, 58, 186; rock Karavi, 166
Corinth cult of Cyclopes, 172; cult of Poseidon, 239
Cork county: (see also Muskerry); dead coach, 320
Corkscrew as amulet, Lincolnshire, 87
Corn: magician as grain of, Ger- many, 168
Corn spirits, vegetation souls, and the like Yorkshire, 104
Cornwall Tregarthen's Legends and Tales of North Cornwall and The Piskey Purse noticed, 503; saffron unlucky in fishing, 108 Correspondence, 98-108, 228-35, 333- 45, 471-5
Corringham; death knock, 466-8 Corsica, see Cauro
Cortona St Margaret of, 207 Corvedale: ballad, 192 Cosmogony: Roumania, 346 Council of Folk-Lore Society: elec- tion, 3-4; report, 5-11 Courcy, Sir John de, 39 Courting customs and beliefs: Aber- deenshire, 472; Lower Congo, 411, 414-5; Panjab, 251; spitting, 367 Cow amulets worn by, Antrim, 299 (plate); charm to cure "grup, Antrim, 299; dung in charm against ailments, India, 506; horn as amu- let, Portugal, 215 (plate); sacrificed for rain, Anatolia, 309; in tale of spirit-raising, Wales, 329-31 Cowry shell: as amulet, Greeks,
469, Lincolnshire, 87-8, London, 297; in hunting charm, Lower Congo, 432; talking, in folktale, Tibet, 119
Coyote culture hero as, Amerin- dians, 478
Cradle Tales of Hinduism, by Miss M. E. Noble, reviewed, 115 Craigour hill well custom, May,
Chalcedony, red, as amulet, 297 Chaldæa (see also Babylon); Eabani the god, 167
Chalk in hunting charm, Lower Congo, 436; in pregnancy charm, Lower Congo, 419 Chamberlain, A. F.: A Macassar Version of Cinderella, 230-2 Champā: King Udayin, 350 Chanakya, minister of Chandragupta, 350-2
Chandragupta, King, see King Chan- dragupta
Channel islands, see Guernsey; and Jersey
Charlton Horethorne: holy well, 49 Charms and spells: (see also Amulets and talismans):- :-
against bleeding, Devon, 89-90, Odyssey &c., 73; blight, Kerry, 323; burns and scalds, Ire- land, 317; children's ailments, India, 501; drouth, Anatolia, 311; epilepsy, Meath, 316, Scotland &c., 85; erysipelas, Kerry, 316; evil eye, Somerset, 88; "grup "in cows, Antrim, 299; heart disease, Cavan, 315-6; hernia, Somerset, 88; ill-luck at whist, London, 301; itch, Carlingford hills, 316 king's evil, Cavan, 316; mumps, Cavan, 315; ring- worm, Limerick, 317; starva- tion, Cavan, 323; warts, Cavan, 315, Somerset, 89; whitlows, Cavan, 316-7; whooping cough, Devon, 345, Limerick, 317, Oxfordshire, 296;
to expel rats, Ireland, 318; full name of patient must be known, Isle of Man, 78; for hunting- dogs, Lower Congo, 436; for hunting-luck, Lower Congo, 431-3; India, 73, 474; to injure enemy, Madras, 474, Malabar, 475; Japan, 374; for rain-making, Anatolia, 311-2, Corsica, 332, Roumania, 347 Charybdis, myth of, 179 Chastity : amulets to preserve, Flanders, 207, 210
Cheddar: gorge made by devil, 43 Chemmis, floating island, 185 Chieftainship: powers and perquisites of, Lower Congo, 426-7; succession
Childbirth customs and beliefs, see
Birth customs and beliefs
Children (see also Birth customs and beliefs; Medical folklore; and Twins); amulets specially for, Flanders, 208-10, Portugal, 217; diseases caused by moon, Portugal, 217; looking in glass gives bad dreams, Lower Congo, 420; rela- tions to parents, Lower Congo, 424-5; shooting stars may injure, Lower Congo, 420; sucklings not charged for, Lower Congo, 421 Chimæra, in saga of Bellerophon, 157-9
Chimpanzee: name of, Manyema, 255 China: (see also Tibet); amulet de-
rived from, England, 295; folktales, 73. 154; purgatory, 76; Putting Life into an Idol, 91; Tibetan folktales imported from, 117; women's kingdom, 161 Chingalee tribe, see Tjingilli tribe Chipewyan Indians: lactation in male, 106
Chiron the Centaur, 160
Chithor: commemoration of fall, 68 Chitrangi, tale of, 157
Cholera St Roch averts, Flanders,
Christmastide: Germany, 509 Chthonian deities, 170, 238 Churches in folklore: France, III Churchyard: north side for unbap- tized &c., 459; in preparing amulet, U.S.A., 296
Chyavana, folktale of, India, 61 Cilicia: prehistoric population, 58 Cimmerians, land of, in Odyssey, 176 Cinderella type of folktales, 2, 22-3, 25, 73, 173, 230-4 Circe: magic ointment of, 73-5; story of, 177-9
Circumcision in Transvaal, 283-4 Cisterns cannot be counted, Rhodes, 470
Clagland's Corner (Som.): ghost, 342-3 Clans ceremonies origin of secret societies &c., 371-2; on Lower Congo, 425-6; names of, Lower Congo, 425-6, Nyanja, 255, Panjab, 268
Claws: as amulets, Portugal, 217 (plate)
Clover, four-leaved: as amulet, Eng- land, 293-4, Flanders, 204
Cnossus pictographic script, 155 Coal: as luck-bringer, East Ham, 290, Leeds, 290 Coburg Peninsula: dead, disposal of, 389
Cock: afreet as, Arabian Nights, 167; cock-fighting, ceremonial, India, 475; in folktales, Celebes, 231, Germany, 168, Norway, 167, Nyanga, 256
Coco nut: amulets from shell, Lin- colnshire, 87
Coco-nut palm: in folktale, Tibet, 116
Cocullo: costume, 313
Cocytus river: branch of Styx, 69 Cod-fish: in folktale, Australia, 225-6 Codvan's Well, in legend of Savaddan lake, 460
Coins as amulets, 361; made by magic, Morocco, 457; as witch medals, Tuscany, 87; with holes, as amulets, Lincolnshire, 87-8 Coles, F. R.: Journey Omen, 344 Colic: amulets against, Portugal, 217 (plate)
Collectanea, 78-97, 190-227, 288-332, 438-70
Cologne: amulets of three Magi Kings, 83-7
Colours in folklore, see under various colours, such as Red Combwich charm against evil eye, 88; devil seen, 45; ford and fort, 31-2, 38, 41; hill dropped by devil, 43; Scandinavian population, 45-7; Wild Hunt, 41, 43
Compass: as amulet, London, 297 Compass, points of, see East; North; South; and West
Compendium of the Punjab Customary Law, by H. A. Rose, reviewed, 251-2
Conception: Australia, 161; women's island near Sumatra, 161 Congo Free State: (see also Bangala tribe; Lulanga river; Manyema; Monsembe; San Salvador; and Wathen); Notes on some Customs of the Lower Congo People, by Rev. J. H. Weeks, 409-37; de Jonghe's Les Sociétés Secrètes au Bas Congo reviewed, 370, 373. Congress of the History of Religions, by J. Estlin Carpenter, 228-30 Connaught, see Galway county
Convulsions, amulets against, Italy, 218
Conybeare, F. C.: The Use of a Skull in a Rain-making Ceremony in Corsica, 332
Copper horse of Vergilius, 72; in Transvaal
Coral amuletic, 365, Flanders, 210, Portugal, 217 (plate) Corcyra, see Corfu
Corfu city of Alcinous, 58, 186; rock Karavi, 166
Corinth cult of Cyclopes, 172; cult of Poseidon, 239
Cork county: (see also Muskerry); dead coach, 320 Corkscrew as amulet, Lincolnshire, 87
Cortona: St Margaret of, 207 Corvedale ballad, 192 Cosmogony: Roumania, 346 Council of Folk-Lore Society: elec- tion, 3-4; report, 5-11 Courcy, Sir John de, 39
Courting customs and beliefs: Aber- deenshire, 472; Lower Congo, 411, 414-5; Panjab, 251; spitting, 367 Cow: amulets worn by, Antrim, 299 (plate); charm to cure "grup,' Antrim, 299; dung in charm against ailments, India, 506; horn as amu- let, Portugal, 215 (plate); sacrificed for rain, Anatolia, 309; in tale of spirit-raising, Wales, 329-31 Cowry shell: as amulet, Greeks, 469, Lincolnshire, 87-8, London, 297; in hunting charm, Lower Congo, 432; talking, in folktale, Tibet, 119
Coyote culture hero as, Amerin- dians, 478
Cradle Tales of Hinduism, by Miss M. E. Noble, reviewed, 115 Craigour hill: well custom, May,
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