Bonthain; in folktale, 231
Books presented to Folk-Lore Society,
7, 258-60
Boolaboolka lake: in folktale, 306-7
Boot: as amulet, England, 295
Borneo, see Dyaks
Bosjeman, see Bushman
Bosnia : Krauss's Slavische Volks-
forschungen reviewed, 503-5
Bosphorus: origin of wandering rocks
of Odyssey, 184
Boston Point (W. Aus.): burial
custom, 394
Bouches du Rhône, see Marseilles
Bow, see Archery
Box-tree sprigs as "palms" and
amulets &c., Flanders, 202
Boys, see Man
Brabant, see Hal; and Nivelles
Bracelets of Balemba, 279-80; in
folktale, Morocco, 443-5, 451
Brahmanism: Brahmanical cord, 71
Bread: of St Anthony, Flanders, 211;
of St Gertrude, Flanders, 212-3;
of St Hubert, Flanders, 212
Bream in folktale, Australia, 225
Brecknockshire, see Llangorse lake;
Mount Troedd ; and Savaddan lake
Brendan legend, 174
Brent Knoll: Danish defeat, 38;
made by devil, 43
Bretagne folktales, 243, 327, 333-4
Bridal customs and beliefs, see Mar-
riage customs and beliefs
Bride wager type of folktales, 188,
479
Bridge mascots, 293
Bridges in folklore, see London bridge
Bridgwater river crossing at, 31-2;
no tradition of siege, 40
Brisbane: dead, disposal of, 391, 401
British Isles, see Channel islands;
England; Hebrides; Ireland; Isle
of Man; Orkney islands; Scotland;
Shetland islands; and Wales
Brittany, see Bretagne
Brittia, Isle of, 186
Broadway (Wor.): ballad, 198
Broichan the Druid, in folktale, 75
Bronllys, in legend of Savaddan lake,
461
Brooklands: motor mascots, 293
Broom over door of absent wife,
Somerset, 91; in rain-making,
Anatolia, 312
Bruges amulets blessed by "Holy
Bryn-yr-Allt, monastery of, in legend
of Savaddan lake, 460, 463
Buckinghamshire: (see also Datchet);
ghost invisible to first-born son, 342
Buddha hare as symbol of, Tibet,
116
Buddhism: caste as related to, 489-
90; gandharvis, 170; jātakas, 113-5;
tales, 113-5, 156-7
Buffalo as clan name, Nyanza, 255;
in folktales, Tibet, 116; races, cere-
monial, India, 475; sacrificed for
rain, Anatolia, 309; tabooed, Mei-
theis, 480
Buginese, of Celebes, 231
Building customs: France, III
Bull of the Kraal and the Heavenly
Maidens, The, by D. Kidd, noticed,
509-10
Bunna-do-At, girdle of Irish kings, 71
Burdock burrs used for burry-man,
South Queensferry, 381
Burial customs and beliefs, see Death
and funeral customs and beliefs
Burial, mock in charm against
epilepsy, Meath, 316
Burial of Amputated Limbs, by E.
B. Pitman, 234
Buried bread as cure for whooping
cough, Oxfordshire, 296
Burne, Miss C. S.: The "Devil's
Door" in Wroxhall Abbey Church,
458-9 (plate); Ghost Invisible to a
First-born Son, 342; Wedding
Custom, 339-40; review by,-
Broadwood's English Traditional
Songs and Carols, 476; short
notices by,-Tregarthen's Legends
aud Tales of North Cornwall and
The Piskey Purse, 508
Burns: cure for, Ireland, 317
Burranbinga tribe: folktale, 305-6
Burry-man, The, by Miss I. A. Dick-
son, 131, 379-87 (plates)
Bushman drawings, 107, 257
Caerwent treasure find, 34
Caherciveen charm against diseases,
316, and to expel rats, 318; seventh
son, powers of, 316
Cairo: afreet, 471
Cakes: thar-cake, 337-9
Calderon, G.: review by,-Dittmer's
Te Tohunga, 359-60
Calendar folklore,
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,
208
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-
pore
Cerberus, hound of Hades, 157, 159
Ceredig-Davies, J.: Ghost-raising in
Wales, 327-31; Opening Windows
to Aid the Release of the Soul,
108
Ceuta; Calypso's isle, 58
Ceylon folktales, 179; Mahawanso,
179; rakshasis, 171
Chaff on doorstep of wife-beater,
forschungen reviewed, 503-5
Bosphorus: origin of wandering rocks
of Odyssey, 184
Boston Point (W. Aus.): burial
custom, 394
Bouches du Rhône, see Marseilles
Bow, see Archery
Box-tree sprigs as "palms" and
amulets &c., Flanders, 202
Boys, see Man
Brabant, see Hal; and Nivelles
Bracelets of Balemba, 279-80; in
folktale, Morocco, 443-5, 451
Brahmanism: Brahmanical cord, 71
Bread: of St Anthony, Flanders, 211;
of St Gertrude, Flanders, 212-3;
of St Hubert, Flanders, 212
Bream in folktale, Australia, 225
Brecknockshire, see Llangorse lake;
Mount Troedd ; and Savaddan lake
Brendan legend, 174
Brent Knoll: Danish defeat, 38;
made by devil, 43
Bretagne folktales, 243, 327, 333-4
Bridal customs and beliefs, see Mar-
riage customs and beliefs
Bride wager type of folktales, 188,
479
Bridge mascots, 293
Bridges in folklore, see London bridge
Bridgwater: river crossing at, 31-2;
no tradition of siege, 40
Brisbane: dead, disposal of, 391, 401
British Isles, see Channel islands;
England; Hebrides; Ireland; Isle
of Man; Orkney islands; Scotland;
Shetland islands; and Wales
Brittany, see Bretagne
Brittia, Isle of, 186
Broadway (Wor.): ballad, 198
Broichan the Druid, in folktale, 75
Bronllys, in legend of Savaddan lake,
461
Brooklands: motor mascots, 293
Broom over door of absent wife,
Somerset, 91; in rain-making,
Anatolia, 312
Bruges amulets blessed by "Holy
Bryn-yr-Allt, monastery of, in legend
of Savaddan lake, 460, 463
Buckinghamshire: (see also Datchet);
ghost invisible to first-born son, 342
Buddha hare as symbol of, Tibet,
116
Buddhism caste as related to, 489-
90; gandharvis, 170; jātakas, 113-5;
tales, 113-5, 156-7
Buffalo: as clan name, Nyanza, 255;
in folktales, Tibet, 116; races, cere-
monial, India, 475; sacrificed for
rain, Anatolia, 309; tabooed, Mei-
theis, 480
Buginese, of Celebes, 231
Building customs: France, III
Bull of the Kraal and the Heavenly
Maidens, The, by D. Kidd, noticed,
509-10
Bunna-do-At, girdle of Irish kings, 71
Burdock burrs used for burry-man,
South Queensferry, 381
Burial customs and beliefs, see Death
and funeral customs and beliefs
Burial, mock in charm against
epilepsy, Meath, 316
Burial of Amputated Limbs, by E.
B. Pitman, 234
Buried bread as cure for whooping
cough, Oxfordshire, 296
Burne, Miss C. S.: The "Devil's
Door" in Wroxhall Abbey Church,
458-9 (plate); Ghost Invisible to a
First-born Son, 342; Wedding
Custom, 339-40; review by,—
Broadwood's English Traditional
Songs and Carols, 476; short
notices by,-Tregarthen's Legends
aud Tales of North Cornwall and
The Piskey Purse, 508
Burns: cure for, Ireland, 317
Burranbinga tribe: folktale, 305-6
Burry-man, The, by Miss I. A. Dick-
son, 131, 379-87 (plates)
Bushman drawings, 107, 257
Caerwent treasure find, 34
Caherciveen charm against diseases,
316, and to expel rats, 318; seventh
son, powers of, 316
Cairo: afreet, 471
Cakes: thar-cake, 337-9
Calderon, G.: review by,-Dittmer's
Te Tohunga, 359-60
Calendar folklore,
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
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