Mailpurlgu tribe: folktales, 306-8
Main Range (Aus.): dead, disposal
of, 402

Major, A. F.: review by,-Bray's
The Elder or Poetic Edda, Part I,
493-6

Malabar, see Calicut; Kottiyur; and
South Canara

Malay Peninsula, see Semang tribes
Malcolm Canmore, King, see King
Malcolm Canmore

Man baby pounded for invisibility,

Dahomey, 74; boy, education and
work of, Lower Congo, 424-5; boy
as mascot, U.S.A., 290; milk from
breast of, Greek islands &c., 106
Mandrake: digging of, 75
Manipur, see Meitheis

Manning river: fire custom after
death, 404

Mannus genealogy, Tacitus, 354-5,
358-9

Manyema name of chimpanzee, 255
Manx folklore, see Isle of Man
Maoris folktale, 177; Hei tiki &c.

as amulets, England, 293; Ditt-
mer's Te Tohunga reviewed, 359-60
Maple tree in Japanese art, 377
Mar, evil fairy, Balkan Penin., 503-4
Märchen, see Folktales
Mare, see Horse

Marett, R. R.: review by,-Kidd's
Kafir Socialism and the Dawn of
Individualism: an Introduction to
the Study of the Native Problem,
252-4; short notice by,-Kidd's
The Bull of the Kraal, and the
Heavenly Maidens, 509-10
Marmennil the prophet, 167
Marriage customs and beliefs: Aus-
tralia, 99-103, 244; Balemba,
285-6; bridegroom joins bride's
family, Tibet, 117; capture cus-
toms, 264-5, Lower Congo, 412;
Celto-Latins, 368; Christian rites
and ceremonies, 377; divination of
marriage, Ireland, 323, Scotland,
339-40; hair offered to Hippolytus,
Troezen, 157; head shaved after
marriage, Abruzzi, 313; hypergamy,
264, 267, 273-4; India, 251, 264-7;
Lower Congo, 410-4, 420, 423-4,
432; Lower Niger, 498; marriage
laws of primitive races, 126; Mexico,
500; polyandry, 251; Roumania,
347; St Expedite invoked, Belgium,

Marseilles: origin of 'mascot,' 290;
plague at, 292

Maryborough tribes: dead, disposal
of, 401-2

Mascots, see Amulets and talismans
Mashukulumbwe: name of ape, 255
Masks: Japanese, 374

Master Thief type of folktale, 180-2
Mathews, R. H.: Folk-Tales of the
Aborigines of New South Wales,
224-7, 303-8; The Sociology of the
Arranda and Chingalee Tribes
(Northern Territory, Australia),
99-103

Matriarchy, see Mother-right

May: (see also May Day): 1st Sun-
day, well custom, Aberdeenshire,

472

May Day: well custom, Aberdeen-
shire, 472

Mazhabi Sikhs: grades amongst, 270
Meath (see also Ardbraccan; and
Kilbeg, Mote of); charm against
whitlow, 317; child's hair first
cut by man, 319; dead coach,
320; folktale, 323; ghost funeral,
320

Medals, see Amulets and talismans
Medea: in Homeric poems, 60; saga
of, 61

Medical folklore (see also Amulets
and talismans; and Charms and
spells);

diseases and injuries treated :-
dysentery, 419; eye diseases,
206; headache, 304; inflamma-
tion, 211; sciatica, 71; throat
diseases, 206; thrush, 316;
warts, 89, 315; whooping cough,
296; Hippolytus as god of heal-
ing, Troezen, 157;
localities:-Australia, 304; Flan-
ders, 206, 211; Ireland, 315-6;
Lower Congo, 419; Mexico,
500; Oxfordshire, 296; Scot-
land, 71; Somerset, 89; Trans-
vaal, 280-1;

remedies :-bread of St Anthony,

211; bread previously buried,
296; red earth from ants' nests,
419; sealskin girdle, 71; slow-
worm broth, 89; soda, 315;

Medical folklore-Cont.

66 water of the three boundaries,"
316; woman's waist belt, 304
7th son, powers of, Cavan, 316,
Meath, 316

Meetings, 1-4, 8, 129-31, 257-60
Megalethic remains, see Stones
Meitheis, The, by T. C. Hodson, re-
viewed, 479-80
Melampus, saga of, 62

Melanesia (see also Solomon islands);
secret societies, 371
Melkart, Semitic deity, 63
Members dead, 1, 5, 129, 131, 258
Members elected, 1-2, 5, 129-30,
257-8

Members resigned, 1-2, 5, 129, 258
Mendips: devil digs gorge, 43
Menelaus and his horses, 64

Menindi: folktale, 307

"Men's house 99

: Assam, 481;
Lower Congo, 418; in primitive
tribes, 370

Menstruation, see Catamenia
Mermaid beliefs: Ireland, 171, 319;
Micmac Indians, 70; Norway, 171;
S. Africa, 169; S. America, 169;
Scotland, 171

Merrows, water spirits, Ireland, 171
Messará amulet, 469

Metallurgy in Zoutpansberg district,
279-80

Metals in folklore, see Copper; Gold;
Iron and steel; and Silver
Mexico (see also Otomis;

:

and

Tlaxcalans); Starr's In Indian
Mexico: a Narrative of Travel and
Labor reviewed, 499-500

Mianwali: ratio male and female
infants, 263

Micmac Indians: folktale, 70
Middlesex, see London

Midnight in preparing amulet,
U.S.A., 296

Midsummer Eve: charms on, Ireland,
323

Mikadoon tribe: Baiamai a culture
hero, 485

Mikirs, The, by E. Stack and Sir C.
Lyall, reviewed, 479, 481-2
Milan: relics of Magi, 84

Milk from males, recorded instances
of, 106

Minkin tribe: Baiamai a culture hero,
485; god, 485

Mint in charm for dogs, Lower

Miriam: dead, disposal of, 487;
ghosts in animal form, 483-4; hero
cult, 485; social organisation, 487;
no traces of totemism, 483-4
Mirror, see Looking glass

Mist of Druids, 75; shrouds deities
&c., Iliad, 75

Mitsume: goblin, Japan, 375
Modjadji district, see Balemba
Moirang: legends, 480
Mold: ghost story, 243
Moliones, the, 163

Moly counter charm to Circe's oint-
ment, 75

Monday: hair cutting causes baldness,
Ireland, 319

Monkey (see also Chimpanzee); in
folktales, Tibet, 116, 376
Monmouthshire, see Caerwent

Monolithos: cisterns that cannot be
counted, 470

Monsembe: funeral custom, 93;

poison ordeal, 94-7; witchcraft, 94
Montague, Mrs. A.: Faith-cures,
340-2
Montezuma expected return, Oto-
mis, 500

Months, see Days and Seasons
Moon: amulet prepared in dark of,

U.S.A., 296; crescent amulets,
England, 295, 300 (plate), Greeks,
469 (plate), Madeira, 221 (plate),
Naples, 223, Portugal, 217-9 (plate),
222-4 (plate), Spain, 223-4; in
folktales, 19; illness caused by,
Portugal, 217; new, head shaved
at time of, Balemba, 283

Moors: five as protective number,
223; influence on amulets, Portu-
gal, 220

Moorundie: divination of causer of
death, 396

Morebath holy well, 49
Moreh: oak, 67

Morning Star Ceremony of the
Pawnee, The, by A. C. Haddon,

129

Morocco, see Ceuta; Fez; Moors;
Peregil, island of; Tafilet; and
Tangier

Morrison, Miss S.: Billy Beg, Tom
Beg, and the Fairies, 324-7; The
Lazy Wife: a Manx Folk-tale, 78-83
Moses the Prophet: in legend,
Morocco, 441

Mother Meng, in Chinese purgatory,

Mother-right: Amazon legend, 161;
Amerindians, 479;, Australia, 101-
2; Bantu, 255, 411, 413-6, 421,
423, 425, 427, 436

Motor mascots, 292-3 (plate), 301-2
Mt Ida: in Iliad, 59
Mt Olympus, 162, 164
Mt Ossa, 162, 164

Mt Pelion, 162, 164

Mount Troedd, see Savaddan lake
Mountain ash tree; twigs over door,
Kirkcudbrightshire, 344

Mountains: (see also under names);
Huldra spirit, 171

Mourning customs, see Death and
funeral customs and beliefs
Mouse: associated with St Gertrude,

Flanders, 212-3; blessed bread
drives off, Flanders, 212; in folk-
tales, India, 349, Scotland, 235,
Tibet, 116-8; inserted alive into
idol, China, 91; mouse Apollo, 237;
in wren rhyme, Louth, 235
Moyo clan, Nyanja &c., 255
Mule shape-shifting to, Arabian
Nights, 179; white mules of them-
selves carry building stones, Rhodes,
470

Mullaghmast, rath of: sleeping
wizard, 321-2

Mumps charm against, Cavan, 315
Mundondi leaves in charm for dogs,
Lower Congo, 436

Munster, see Cork county; Kerry;
Limerick; and Tipperary
Munsusu-nsusu, see Mint
Murder trials, amulet for use at,
U.S.A., 296

Murray island, see Miriam

Murray river: dead, disposal of, 389;
divination of causer of death, 396;
grave hut, 405; language, 390;
skull, type of, 390
Murrumbidgee river: in folktales,
227, 303-4

Music: (see also Folk-music); develop.

ment of art from folk music, 140-1
Musk-deer in folktales, Tibet, 116
Musk-duck in folktale, Australia,
307
Muskerry in rat charm

:

Musquakie Indians; folktales, 477-9
Mutalammis the poet, letters of, 156
Mycenae amulets, 71; writing, 155
Myrtle-tree flavour remains 20 days
in stomach, Morocco, 455; myrtle

Mysia, see Mt Ida; Scamander river;
and Troad

Mysore amulets, 474

Mysteries: Greek, 238; Webster's
Primitive Secret Societies reviewed,
370-2
Mythology of Ancient Britain and
Ireland, by C. Squire, reviewed,
124-5

Nāgas costume worn once by raja of
Manipur, 480; folktale, 481
Nagifar, ship of Edda, 187
Nails, human: burnt off in burial
rites, W. Australia, 392-3; Naglfar
built from, Edda, 187; white spots
foretell gifts, Japan, 375

Nails, metal in charm against evil
eye, Somerset, 88; as motor mascot,
England, 292

Nails, wax: as amulets, Flanders, 203,
206; in Easter candle, Flanders,

202

Nala, tale of, 153
Names: charmers must know patient's
full name, Isle of Man, 78; derived
from circumstances of birth, Lower
Congo, 420, 422; give power over
owners, Isle of Man, 78; lists in
Teutonic mythico-heroic literature,

353; of Magi Kings in charms, 85-6
Nanda, King, see King Nanda
Nanny Powler, river spirit, 171
Naples: cimaruta, 222-3

Napoleon Buonaparte, traditions of,

112

:

Napoon dead, disposal of, 402
Naravahanadatta, story of, 72
Narrinyeri tribe: dead, disposal of,
390, 395; divination of causer of
death, 396-7

Natal Downs (Aus.): dead, disposal
of, 395, 402

Nature worship amongst Celto-Latins,
368

Neckar river: spirit of, 171
Necklaces: amuletic, England, 292,

300-2 (plate), Flanders, 206, 208-10;
magic, of Frey, 71

Needle means to remove from hand,
Louth, 317

Neleus, story of, 157, 163

:

Nepal in folktale, Tibet, 117
Nepenthe, 76

Nereids: in Greek folktale, 168
Nervous complaints: amulets against,

Netherlands, see Belgium; and Holland
Netsuké, legends of, 374

Nettle kills newt, Ireland, 317
New Galloway: journey omen, 344;
rowan twigs over door, 344
New Guinea: (see also Papuans);
totemism, 483-4

New Halls Point: burrs for burry-
man, 381

New South Wales: (see also Bal-
ranald; Barwan river; Darling
river; Grafton, Cape; Lachlan
river; Livingstone country; Mann-
ing river; Menindi; Murrumbidgee
river; Port Jackson; Port Stephens;
Sydney; and under names of tribes);
dead, disposal of, 400-1; folktales,
224-7; mourning customs, 400;
stones on grave, 394

Newt enters sleeper, Ireland, 317;
killed by nettles, Ireland, 317;
licking it gives healing &c. powers,
Ireland, 317; names of, Ireland,
317

New Year: festival, Japan, 375
New Year's Eve: guy burnt or buried,
Guernsey, 105

New Zealand: (see also Maoris);
greenstone amulets, 293
Ngala language, 93
Ngangas, see Wizards

Ngeumba tribe: marriage customs, 102
Nianga grass: in hunting charm,

Lower Congo, 431

Nigeria: (see also Benin City; and
Igarra tribe); Leonard's The Lower
Niger and its Tribes reviewed, 496-9
Nigg, bay of, see St Fittick

Nightmare: amulet against, Antrim,
300

Nile river: afreet in fish form, 472;

Proteus legend, 166

Nine: in charms against warts, Cavan,
315, and for hunting luck, Lower
Congo, 434; in divination, Cavan,
323; knots in amulet against nose-
bleeding, London, 299; years fairy
dwells with mortal husband, Tibet,
118

Nineveh fish god, 166

Niobe and her children, 165

Nivelles water from crypt sprinkled

:

over fields, 213

Nixie, water spirit, Germany, 171
Norfolk, see Swaffham

Normandy (see also Drome river;

Vieux Bon Temps: Récits, Contes
et Légendes de l'Ancien Bocage
Normand: Jeux, Vielles Chansons
reviewed, 493; traditions of William
the Conqueror, 112, 493

North of churchyards for unbaptized
&c., 459; door opened for devil
&c. at baptisms &c., England,
459

North America: (see also Canada;
Eskimo; Greenland; Mexico; and
United States of North America);
bones of food ceremonially treated,
233; secret societies, 371
Northamptonshire: saying, 386
North Queensferry: burrs for burry-
man, 381

Norton Fitzwarren: dragon legend,
35-6; Roman road, 32

Norway (see also Heimskringla; and
Scandinavia); folktales, 167, 177;
god genealogy, 355-6; mermaid,
171; Oller the wizard, 187; shape-
shifting by trolls and witches &c.,
166-7

Nose-bleeding: amulet against, Lon-
don, 299

Notes from Greece and the Ægean,
by M.
S. Thompson, 469-70
(plate)

Notes on Some Amulets of the Three
Magi Kings, by H. L. Hildburgh,
83-7

Notes on Some Contemporary Portu-
guese Amulets, by W. L. Hild-
burgh, 131, 213-24 (plates)

Notes on Some Customs of the
Bangala Tribe, Upper Congo, by
Rev. J. H. Weeks, 92-7

Notes on Some Customs of the Lower
Congo People, by Rev. J. H.
Weeks, 409-37

Notes on Some Flemish Amulets and
Beliefs, by W. L. Hildburgh, 131,
200-13

Nottinghamshire, see Old Basford
November (see also Guy Fawkes'
Day; and St Hubert's Day); thar-
cake, 337-9

Nsele-sele in abortion dose, Lower
Congo, 419

Ntumbi: 254

Nudipedalia rite, 68

Numa and Egeria, tale of, 178
Numbers in folklore, see under various
numbers, such as Fifteen

Nutt, A.: reviews by,-The Cambridge
History of English Literature, vol.
I, 247-51; Thomas' The Welsh
Fairy Book, 119-23
Nyanja clan names, 255; folk-songs,
256; folktales, 254-6
Nyassaland, see Blantyre; Kotakota;
Likoma; Nyanja; and Yao

Oak-tree in Greek drama, 67; of
Moreh, 67; of Zeus, Dodona, 67
Oaths in Greece, 238; in Homeric
poems, 69-70

:

Oatmeal in charm against heart dis-
ease, Cavan, 315

Obituary: F. T. Elworthy, 109.10
O'Brien, Capt. A. J.: Female Infan-
ticide in the Punjab, 258, 261-75
October: Shooting Feast, Thun,
438-9

Octopus: as amulet, Rhodes, 469
Oddi, Danish admiral, 185

Oddo, invulnerable garment of, 72
Odin sagas: genealogies, 357; Nagl-
far, 187; Skidvladner, 187; traces
in Somerset, 45

Odysseus as archer, 62; as beggar,
189; Calypso gives magic clothing,
72; in cave of Naiads, 165; as
deserter, 189; at Dodona, 67;
escapes from Sirens, 169-70; in-
herits craft from Autolycus, 181;
saga of absent husband, 153; seizes
Proteus, 166, 169; as server to
wooers, 154; and Telemachus, 163
Odyssey, folklore of, 52-77, 153-89
Oenone, not named in Homeric poems,
62

Ogres in folktales, Cyprus, 187-8,

India, 170, Italy, 169, Sicily, 188,
Tibet, 118-9

Ogresses Ceylon, 179; Eskimo, 176
Ohime the ogre, Sicily, 188

Ointment of Circe, 73-4; of folk-
tales, 74

Old Basford: burial of amputated leg,
234

Old Cleeve dragon legend, 35
Oldham thar-cake, 337-9
Oldsagn om Godtjod, by G. Schütte,
reviewed, 353-9

Old Windsor: animated hairs, 107
Oller, Norse wizard, 187

Olrik, A.: review by,-Schütte's Old-
sagn om Godtjod, 353-9
Omens: 127; amongst Celto-Latins,

368; from animals, Iliad, 59, Ire-

land, 318; from apple blossoms,
Lincolnshire, 467; from finger nails,
Japan, 375; from ghosts, Ireland,
320; from hair string breaking,
Japan, 375; from mysterious knocks,
Lincolnshire, 466-8; from pin, Scot-
land, 344; from sneezing, Greeks,
106, Japan, 375; from soles of feet,
Tibet, 117; from stumbling, Lower
Congo, 436; from weather, 367;
of death, Ireland, 318, 320, Japan,
375, Lincolnshire, 466-8, Tibet,
117; of gifts, Japan, 375; of hunt-
ing ill-luck, Lower Congo, 436; of
journey, Lower Congo, 436, Scot-
land, 344

Omeo: dead dwell in grave, 399
Ominnis-öl, in Siegfried saga, 76
Onion as amulet, Rhodes, 469
Onogoro, floating island, 185
Onyx amulet of, England, 297
Opening Windows for the Dead, by
W. Innes Pocock, 336-7
Opening Windows to Aid the Release
of the Soul, by J. Ceredig-Davies,
108