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

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
Opossum skin to wrap dead, Aus-
tralia, 397-8

Oracles: Greece, 67, 238; trees, 67
Oral tradition from the Indus, by
Major J. A. A. M'Nair and T. L.
Barlow, noticed, 507

:

Ordeals by bracelet, Lower Congo,
415; by representatives, Lower
Congo, 416; in initiatory ceremo-
nies, 370; oath by Styx represents
poison ordeal, 69-70; poison ordeal,
Lower Congo, 415-8, Upper Congo,
94-7

Orion, the giant, 162

Orkney and Shetland Old Lore, re-
viewed, 127-8

Orkney islands: Diplomatarium Orca-
dense et Hialtladense reviewed,
127-8; dividing seaweed amongst
farms, 127; rushes fed to sheep,
383

Ossianic sagas: Conan harries hell,
182

Ostend: amulets and beliefs, 200-13
Other-World, see Hades
Otomis, 500

Otos, son of Poseidon, 162-3
Outwitted Giant type of folktale, 169
Overland Corner (Aus.): divination of
cause of death, 396

Overlooking, see Evil eye

Owl in folktale, Australia, 226-7
Ox: names of, S. Africa, 281; oxen
of Iphicles, Odyssey, 157
Oxfordshire: amulet, 295

P.

Padua: St Anthony of, 210
Paganisme Contemporain chez les
Peuples Celto-Latins, Le, by
Sébillot, reviewed, 366-9
Palabora hills: blacksmiths, 280
Περὶ τοῦ Ἐθνικοῦ Ἔπους τῶν νεωτέρων
'EMλw, by N. T. Polites, re-
viewed, 378

Palden Lhamo, deity, Tibet, 375
Palestine (see also Jerusalem; Jews;
Joppa; Jordan; and Shechem);
Hanauer's Folklore of the Holy Land,
Moslem, Christian and Jewish re-
viewed, 500-3; prehistoric popula-
tion, 58

Palici, the, Sicily, 473

Palm Sunday: box as “palm,”
Flanders, 202

Palm-tree of Deborah, 67; Delos, 57
Palni: pilgrimages to, 474

Pamphlets presented to Folk-Lore
Society, see Books

Panjab: (see also Hazara; Jats;
Kangra; Khatri tribe; Mazhabi
Sikhs; Mianwali; Rasalu; Sultan;
Torbela; and Zinda Kaliāna);
Rose's Compendium of the Punjab
Customary Law reviewed, 251-2;
Female Infanticide in the Punjab,
by Capt. A. J. O'Brien, 258,
261-75

Panther Proteus as, 166
Papers read at meetings of Folk-Lore

Society, 1-2, 6, 129-31, 257-8
Papuans: Baiame influenced by, 485
Paradise; censers cause the scented
airs of spring, Morocco, 458
Paralysis caused by shrew-mouse,
Somerset, 89; cure for, Somerset,
89; due to air currents, Portugal
and Spain, 221

Pard, see Leopard; and Panther
Paris: "touching iron," 205
Parisishṭaparvan, the, 347-52
Parkin, 337-9

Parrett river: first Danish landing,
38, 48; devil leaps, 43; road to
Quantocks, 31

Parrot feathers in hunting charm,
Lower Congo, 432; in folktales,
Australia, 304, Tibet, 116; green,

Parvata, King, see King Parvata
Pataliputra legend of founding of,
349-50

Patali-tree in legend of founding of
Pātaliputra, 349-50
Patna, see Pataliputra

Patroclus: ransom of Lykaon, 60;
sent by Achilles to fight, 67
Paunamu, see Greenstone
Pawnee Indians: The Morning Star
Ceremony of the Pawnee, by A. C.
Haddon, 129

Peacock amulet against feathers of,
England, 296; in folktales, Tibet,
116; gold, in palace of Great Khan,
72
Peacock, E.: Adders Swallowing
their Young, 473-4

Peacock, Miss M.: Amulets used in
Lincolnshire, 1, 87-8; Death-
Knock in the Wapentake of Cor-
ringham, Lincolnshire, 466-9;
exhibit by, 1, 87-8; Lincolnshire
Folklore, 8

Peas in divination, Cavan, 323
Pedlar of Swaffham, The: 242; by
E. S. Hartland, 333-6
Peebleshire, see Yarrow

Peel folktale, 78-83; folk-song, 78
Peg O'Nell, river spirit, 171
Peg Powler, river spirit, 171
Peisistratus, tale of, 189

Pelias and his daughters, saga of,
61-2, 163

Pelican's foot shell: as amulet, South-
port, 301

Pen-Selwood: battle of Peonna, 32
Pentangle as amulet, Portugal, 217
(plate), 219-22 (plate), 224
Peonna, battle of, see Pen-Selwood
Peregil, island of: Calypso's isle, 58
Peri Banou, tale of, 178
Perseus, saga of, 75

Persia: (see also Rustem); twin group
Ormuzd-Ahriman, 163

Perth (Aus.): burial rites, 392-4
Peru dances, 237

Perugia: medal of Magi Kings, 86
Petherton: Roman camp, 32, 34;
Welsh retreat, 32

Petrifaction, in Homeric poems, 165
Phaeacians city of, 58; parallel to
story of, 186; prototype of
Utopias, 185-6; ship of, 166;
suggested origin in Northern
legend, 176, 186-7

:

Pig amulets in shape of, England,
293-5, 302, Portugal, 217 (plate);
Artemis sends boar into Calydon,
65; boar slain by Hercules, 65;
not eaten, Balemba, 283; head
used in divination, Tibet, 117;
legend of origin of abstention from
pork, Morocco, 441-3; mythic
swine of Ireland, 65; Proteus as
boar, 166; ridden in Wild Hunt,
Somerset, 44; St Anthony asso-
ciated with, Flanders, 210; suck-
lings not charged for, Lower
Congo, 421; tusks as amulets,
Greeks, 469

Pigeon in folktale, Meath, 323
Pigmies in Iliad, 57, 162; amongst
Musquakies, 478; myths of, 162
Pigstye in charm against mumps,
Cavan, 315
Pilgrimages: India, 474
Pin:

as journey omen, Kirkcud-
brightshire, 344
Pin-Offering, A, by G. M. Benton,

House leek; Indian hemp; Lu-
pemba-mpemba; Mandrake; Mint;
Moly; Mundondi; Nettle; Nianga
grass; Nsele-sele; Reed; Rue;
Rush; Seaweed; Sempervivum ;
and Tobacco); in folktales, 17-8;
in linked totems, New Guinea &c.,
483

Pocock, W. Innes: Opening Windows
for the Dead, 336-7

Point Lincoln (W. Aus.): burial
custom, 394

Poison ordeals, see Ordeals
Poisons: Lower Niger, 498; names

of Magi Kings protect from, 85
Poland: ancient religion, 127
Polden hills: fort, 38; road, 32
Policeman mascot in shape of, Eng-
land, 292

Polyandry, see Marriage customs and
beliefs

Polydamnia: Helen's magic drug
from, 76

Polynesia (see also Fiji islands;
Samoa islands; and Sandwich
islands); dances, 237 ;
societies, 371

secret

Polyphemus, the Cyclops, 64, 163,
172-3

Pomegranate: in Arab tale, 153
Pomegranate-tree: flower as amulet,
Rhodes, 469 (plate)

Pomerania: (see also Rügen, Isle of);
giant story, 128

Ponterwyd: opening windows to
release soul, 108

Popelusa, in Hungarian tale, 173
Popol Vuh, The: The Mythic and

Heroic Sagas of the Kichés of Cen-
tral America, by L. Spence, noticed,
500-1

Popular Studies in Mythology, Rom-
ance, and Folklore, No. 16, noticed,
500-1

Porlock : physical type, 34; St
Dubric, 33, 48; St Olaf, 48
Porosphora globularis: as amulet,
England, 298; beads derived from,
298

Porpoise water-woman, S. America,
169

Port Darwin; disposal of dead, 403
Port Jackson: funeral customs, 399
Portrush amulet, 298 (plate)

Port Stephens: dead, disposal of,
399; divination of causer of death,

Portugal: (see also Lisbon; and
Madeira islands); Notes on some
Contemporary Portuguese Amulets,
by H. L. Hildburgh, 131, 213-24
(plates)

Poseidon in Greek cults, 238-9; in
Homeric poems, 162-3, 166
Possession, demon or spirit: Lower
Niger, 498; Magi Kings protect
against, 85

Potato: as amulet, England, 89, 299
Potiphar's wife, tale of, 156
Potrimpo, Prussian god, 68

Pottery in Zoutpansberg district, 279
Powell's Creek (Aus.), see Chingalee

tribe

Power of Gems and Charms, The, by
G. H. Bratley, 291, reviewed,
361-4

Pragangan, water spirits, Java, 171
Prague associated with miraculous
statue, Flanders, 209

Praise unlucky: Lower Congo, 422
Pratola Peligna: amulets,
festival, 313-5 (plate)

314;

Prayers: Balemba, 286; Lower Congo,
432-3

Precious Stones: for curative wear;

and other remedial uses: likewise
the Nobler Metals, by W. T. Fernie,
291, reviewed, 364-6

Pregnancy, see Birth customs and
beliefs

President, election of, 3

Presidential address, 3, 12-30
Priam, King, see King Priam
Primitive Secret Societies, by H.
Webster, reviewed, 370-2
Protesilaus, barrow of, 66

Proteus: legend of, 158, 166-7; a
seal god, 168

Provence, see Marseilles

Proverbs: Devon, 171; India, 507;

Lower Congo, 413, 415, 421;
Lower Niger, 497; Northampton-
shire, 386; Nyanja, 256; Somerset,
40; Warwickshire, 386
Prussians, ancient: ancient religion,
127; ritual of Potrimpo, 68
Puberty ceremonies, see Initiatory
ceremonies

Publications of Folk-Lore Society, 7-8
Publications of the American Ethno-

logical Society, vol. I, Fox Texts,
reviewed, 477-9

Pueblo Indians: dances, 7

Rabbit: bone &c. as amulet, England
and U.S.A., 295-6 (plate); in folk-
tale, Nyanja, 256

Raffles Bay: disposal of dead, 403
Rain: no rain god, Lower Niger,
498; rain-making, Anatolia, 311-2,
Corsica, 332, Roumania, 347,
Samoa islands, 185, Solomon
islands, 185, Torres Straits, 487;
rain-making power descends by
males, Australia, 103; rain-stopping
rites, Lower Niger, 498; Turks
Praying for Rain, by Rev. G. E.
White, 258, 308-12

Rainbow: origin of, Australia, 308;
as sign, Iliad, 57

Rajputana, see Chithor; and Rajputs
Rajputs marriage customs, 269, 273;
taboos on, 68

Rakshasis: Ceylon, 171; India, 170
Ram, see Sheep

Rāma Paramita, story of, 161
Ramayana, 64, 73, 154-5, 173
Rasalu, tale of, 154

:

Rat charm against, Kerry, 318
Rattle: to arouse fetishes, Lower
Congo, 409, or spirits, Lower
Congo, 432
Ravana, palace of, 72

:

Raven in folktales, Tibet, 116
Red: for amulets &c., England, 299,
302, Flanders, 205-6, 210, Portugal,
215-7 (plates); caps of pixies,
Somerset, 49; magical, England
&c., 299

Reed in folktale, Australia, 227;
tabooed, Meitheis, 480
Reincarnation beliefs: Australia, 396;
India, 506; Lower Congo, 422;