St Philomena: medals as amulets,
Flanders, 207

St Roch medals as amulets, Flan-
ders, 212

St Sativola, wells of, 49

St Thomas à Becket: day still ob-
served, Somerset, 40

St Wilfrid feast of, Ripon, 464-6
(plate)

Saktideva, tale of, 180, 186
Salomo Sage in der Semitischen
Litteratur, Die, by Dr G. Salz-
berger, reviewed, 500-3

:

Salt in blood-kinship ceremony,
Caucasus, 344; given for abortion,
Lower Congo, 419; in pregnancy
charm, Lower Congo, 419; if
spilt, must pick up in lower
regions, India, 506

Samoa islands: grave tree, 66; wind
and rain bringers, 185

Sanctuaries or refuges: Lower Niger,
498

Sandwich islands, see Hawaii

Sanglekar fran Näas, by O. Hell-
gren, noticed, 505-6

San Salvador: customs, 409-37
Sarangdhara, tale of, 157

Saruta Hiko no Mikoto, Shinto deity,
376

Satnámi sect, India, 506
Satu, in Egyptian tale, 156
Savaddan lake: legend, 459-63
Scalds cure for, Ireland, 317
Scamander river: in Iliad, 63-4
Scandinavia: (see also Danes; Den-
mark; Edda; Norway; Odin sagas;
and Sweden); bones of food cere-
monially treated, 233-4; Dular-kufl
or Hulidshjalmir, 75; Hraesvelg
the storm giant, 185; population
from, in Somerset, 34, 46; Craigie's
Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
reviewed, 124-5; twin group of
Odin-Loki, 163

Scanno costume, 313-4; mourning
custom, 314

Scapulars: red, Flanders, 206
Scarf presented at visit, Tibet, 117
Sciatica cured by sealskin girdle,
Western Isles (Scot.), 71

Scorpion afreet as, Arabian Nights,
167

Scotland: (see also Hebrides; High-
lands; Orkney islands; Shetland
islands; Western Isles; and under
names of counties); charms and
amulets, 85; folktales, 158, 178;
kelpie, 171

Scrying, see Crystal-gazing
Scylla, myth of, 179-80

Sea-cow mermaid, S. Africa, 169
Sea customs and beliefs: (see also
Mermaid beliefs); amulets worn by
seamen, England, 295, Flanders,
203-5; box sprig fastened to mast,
Flanders, 202; amongst Celto-
Latins, 368; Clou de Pâques in-
serted in fishing boat, Flanders,
203; mermaid descent gives luck
or ill-luck in fishing, Kerry, 319;
Proteus legends, 166-7; winds
bought, Lerwick, 185
Sea gods: Poseidon, 239; Proteus,
166-7

Seal descent of families from, Ire-
land, 319; in folktale, Orkneys
and Shetlands, 128; human form
every 9th night, Faroes, 168;
Proteus' flock of seals, 166; Pro-
teus a seal god, 168; seal maiden
story, 376, Faroes, 168, Ireland,
319; sealskin girdle cures sciatica,
Western Isles (Scot.), 71; shape-
shifting by, Faroes &c., 168-9
Seal of Solomon, see King Solomon
Sealing odd number of times or
document unlucky, Japan, 375
Sea-sickness: amulets against, Flan-
ders, 203

Seaweed: at New Year festival,
Japan, 375

Secretary, election of, 4

Secret societies; Lower Congo, 423;

Webster's Primitive Secret Societies
reviewed, 370-2; de Jonghe's Les
Sociétés Secrètes au Bas-Congo, 370,
373
Sedgemoor Fight: ascribed to Danes,
37; traditions of, 40

Seeds, see Clover seed;
scandens; Fern; Lentil;

Sesame

Seine, Dept. of, see Paris

Entada

and

Selati district, see Balemba
Selkirkshire, see Yarrow

Selli or Selloi, priests of Dodona,
67-9

Semang tribes: totemism, 246
Sempervivum: averts lightning, Eng-
land, 298; Jupiter's beard, Germany,
298; thunder-flower, Germany, 298
Seragunting, Dyak deity, 164
Serbs: Krauss's Slavische Volksfors-
chungen reviewed, 503-5
Serpent, see Snake

Sesame : in folktales, Arab and
Indian, 158

Seven: number feared, Balemba, 286;
7th son, powers of, Cavan, 316,
Meath, 316
Sexual intercourse : forbidden to
hunter, Lower Congo, 433, and
pregnant or suckling wife, Lower
Congo, 420-1; promiscuity, Assam,
481

Shangaan tribe: circumcision, 284
Shao or Tibetan stag; not in folktales,
Tibet, 116

Shape-shifting by afreet, Arabian
Nights, 167; in folktales, 167-8,
179; by jinns, Morocco, 455-7; by
nereid, Greece, 168; by trolls and
witches, Norway, 166-7

Shark; group of men, Torres Straits,
483

Sharp, C. J.; Some Characteristics of
English Folk-Music, 130, 132-52
Shaving of head, Abruzzi, 313,
Transvaal, 283, 285-6
Shechem: tree of augurs, 67
Sheep blade bone in divination,
Limerick, 323; bones not burnt,
Hebrides, 233; in charm against
whooping cough, Devon, 345; fed
with rushes, Orkney and Shetland
islands, 383; in folktales, Basques,
174, Russia, 173, Tibet, 116; grass
of denial, Greek islands, 77; lamb
protects horses, Flanders, 211;
lambs in rain service, Anatolia, 311;
ram of Polyphemus, 64, 172-3;
sacrificed for rain, Anatolia, 309;
sucklings not charged for, Lower
Congo, 421

Sheep in Folk-medicine, by W. W.
Fowler, 345

Shells (see also Cowry shell; and
Pelican's foot shell); amulets,
England, 87-8, 362; necklaces,
Southport, 300-2 (plate)

Shervage Wood; dragon legend, 35;

"hunting Judas," Good Friday, 41
Shetland islands: (see also Lerwick);
giants dislike wet feet, 127; Orkney
and Shetland Old Lore reviewed,
127-8

Shields: Gorgoneion on, origin of, 70;
of Homeric deities, 70
Shilling, lucky, 300

Shingle-back: in folktale, Australia,
305

Ship: as amulet, Portugal, 219
Shire Highlands, see Nyassaland
Shoes: magic, in folktale, China, 73
Shrew mouse: causes paralysis,
Somerset, 89

Shrew-trees: Somerset, 88-9
Shropshire: (see also Corvedale);
meaning of "bur," 383

Sicily: (see also Polyphemus); folktale,
188; Laestrygonians assigned to,
175; the Palici, 473

Sidgwick, F.: "The Bitter Withy"

Ballad, 190-200

Siegfried, saga of, 65, 76

Siena cult and amulets of Magi
Kings, 86

Sigurd, see Siegfried

Silk: amulets from, England, 299
Silver: amulets, of Magi Kings, 85-6;
Devon, 341, Naples, 223, Portugal,
215 (plate), 217-24 (plate), Spain,
223; hounds in Odyssey, 71
Sindibad, story of, 76, 161-2, 173,
180

Singer, S.: Blood-Kinship, 343-4
Sioux Indians: amulet, 297; folktale,
177

Sipylus mountain: in Iliad, 165
Sirens, myth of, 169-72
Sisyphus, myth of, 159, 181-2
Sita, Indian goddess, 59

Sivavarman, in tale of Adityavarman,
156

Sixpences, lucky, 293, 300

Skenpeth in legend of Savaddan
lake, 460

Skidvladner, Odin's ship, 187
Skimmington riding, Devon, 90
Skipwith, G. H., communication from,

91

Skirnir, in Edda, 65
Skirophoria, the, 238

Skull: amulets in shape of, England,

295, Flanders, 204; pieces as amu-
lets, Italy, 208; in rain-making,
Corsica, 332

Slavische Volksforschungen, Abhand-
lungen über Glauben, Gewohnheits-
recht, Sitten, Bräuche und die
Guslaren-lieder der Sudslaven, Vor-
wiegend auf Grund eigener Erhe-
bungen, by Dr F. Krauss, re-
viewed, 503-5

Slavonians: folktales, 170-1; religion,
127

Sleeper: newt may enter, Ireland,
317

Sleeping armies and heroes: Ireland,
321-3

Slipper: as amulet, England, 295
Slow-worm: in cure for warts, Somer-
set, 89; harmful, Somerset, 89
Smallpox St Roch averts, Flanders,

212

Snakes: adders swallowing their
young, Dorset, 473-4; amulets in
shape of, England, 297, 362; Ask-
lepios as, 60; bite pregnant women
preferably, Sussex, 474; in folk-
tales, India, 114, 349; ghost appears
as, Torres Straits, 483; head in
hunting charm, Lower Congo, 436;
in Homeric poems, 59-60; horned,
107; in linked totems, New Guinea
&c., 483; Nereid takes shape of,
Greece, 168; omens from, Iliad,
59; Proteus as, 166; in rain-mak-
ing, Anatolia, 312; slaver gives
knowledge of beast language, 65;
snake-bite, amulet against, Italy,
314, and Magi Kings protect from,
85; snake-goddess, Crete, 239;
snakeskin as amulet, Flanders, 204;
stone vomited to attract food, Lower
Niger, 498; turned to stone, Iliad,
166; water snake, Iliad, 59; white,
eaten to learn beast language, 65
Sneezing as omen, Greeks, 106,
Japan, 375; saying about, Greeks,

:

106; unlucky at Cheese Sunday
banquet, Greek islands, 106
Sociétés Secrètes au Bas Congo, Les, by
E. de Jonghe, reviewed, 370, 373
Sociology of the Arranda and Chinga-
lee Tribes, The, (Northern Territory,
Australia), by R. H. Mathews, 99-
103

Solomon islands: wind and rain
bringers, 185

Solomon, King, see King Solomon
Solymi, in saga of Bellerophon, 157
Somadeva, tales of, see Katha sarit

sagara

Some Characteristics of English Folk-

Music, by C. J. Sharp, 130, 132-52
Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in
Chinyanja, by R. S. Rattray, re-
viewed, 254-6

Some Notes on Homeric Folk-Lore,
by W. Crooke, 52-77, 153-89
Somerset: (see also Aisholt; Athelney;
Badgworth; Battle Borough; Brent
Knoll; Bridgwater; Cadbury
Camp; Cannington; Cannington
Marsh; Cannington Park; Car-
hampton; Catford; Charlton Hore-
thorne; Cheddar; Clagland's Cor-
ner; Combwich; Crowcombe ; Cul-
bone; Danesboro' hill; Downend ;
Dowsboro'; Durleigh; Farringdon
Hill; Keenthorne; Mendips; Nor-
ton Fitzwarren; Old Cleeve; Par-
rett river; Pen-Selwood; Petherton;
Polden hills; Porlock; Puriton;
Quantocks; Rodway Hill; Sedge-
moor Fight; Shervage wood;
Steepholme; Stockland; Stogum-
ber; Stogursey castle; Stoke
Courcy; Stolford; Stowey; Taun-
ton; Timberscombe; Tone river;
Trendle Ring; Watchet; Wick ;
and Williton); amulet, 299 (plate);
folk-song, 146; Sundry Notes from
West Somerset and Devon, by Rev.
C. W. Whistler, 88-91
Somerset (Aus.): dead, disposal of,

402

Sorcery, see Magic; and Witchcraft
Soul in Celto-Latin beliefs, 368; on
death appears as animal, Torres
Straits, 483-4, or shooting star,
Japan, 375; names for, Lower
Niger, 498; road of, 184
South: corpse buried to face, Aus-
tralia, 393

South America: (see also Peru);
Amazon legends, 161; lactation in
male, 106; porpoises water women,
169

South Australia, see Adelaide; Alice
springs; Angipena; Coburg Penin-
sula; Daly river; Hermannsburg;
Macumba river; Moorundie; Mur-
ray river; Overland Corner; Port
Darwin; Powell's Creek; Upper
Finke river; and Victoria river.
South Canara: buffalo races, 475;
cock-fighting, 475; harvest custom,
475; omen from falling lizard,
475; votive offering, 475

Southcott, Joanna: "seal" of, 301
South Downs: amulet, 298

South Indian Folklore, by A. R.
Wright, 474-6

Southport: amulet, 301; shell neck-
laces, 300-2 (plate)

South Queensferry: the burry-man,
379-87 (plates)

Sow, see Pig

Sowing customs and beliefs: beans
sown, St Becket's Day, Somerset,
40

Spain (see also Basques); amulets,

220-21 (plate), 223-4; folktale,
327; medal of Magi Kings, 85
Sparrow in folktales, Tibet, 116-7;
omen from, Iliad, 59

Sparrowhawk: in folktale, Australia,
305

Sparta (see also Magonla); bathing,
470

Spears of Irish Red Branch cham-
pions, 64

Specimens of Modern Mascots and
Ancient Amulets of the British
Isles, by A. R. Wright and E.
Lovett, 258, 288-303 (plates)
Spelonken district, see Balemba
Sphere, armillary: as amulet, Portu-
gal, 219

Sphinx, the, 159

Spider in folktales, Tibet, 116-7
Spindle: not twirled during council,
India, 506

Spinning songs, see Folk-songs
Spitting as betrothal pledge, 367
Sponge an animal, modern Greece,

106

66

Spring: (see also under months);
days of grass," Morocco, 458;
Germany, 509; scents from censers
of paradise, Morocco, 458
Springs warm, Hercules, god of, 63
Squirrel as death warning, Louth,

318; hunted, Good Friday, Somer-
set, 41; jaw as amulet, Sioux, 297;
skin as amulet, England, 297
Staffordshire, see Lichfield
Stag, see Deer

Stars: "lucky stars," England, 293;
shooting, souls of dead, Japan,
375, or spirits playing, Lower
Congo, 420

Starvation, charm against, Cavan, 323
Stealing of hair not unlucky, Ireland,
319; in pregnancy charm, Lower
Congo, 419

Steeler Iron and steel

Steentime : made by devil, 43
Stit iestra, India, gob

Stockings, red, London, 299, 302
Sockend: Sedgemoor tradition, 40;
treasure legend, 34; wassailing
opie-trees, Somerset, 91; witch-
cra 43

Stogimber: St Becket's Day, 40
Stogorsey castle, 40

Stoke Courcy: dialect, 33; traditions
of founding, 39, 46
Stolford, 46

Stones: (see also Dolmens; Holed
stones; and Thunderbolts); cult
of, Celto-Latins, 368-9; give in-
visibility, 74; in Homeric poems,
63; traditions of human sacrifices
on, France, 111-2; not used as
amulets, Flanders, 201
Stork : : as amulet, England, 293
Storms: amulets against, Flanders,
203-4; blessed candles lighted
during, Flanders, 203

Stowey: men from beat down Stogur-
sey castle, 39-40; tradition of robber
baron, 39

String amulets, England, 299, Italy,

Suicides: buried at cross roads, Lower
Congo, 423, or at north side of
churchyards, England, 459; Lower
Niger, 498

Sulmona festival, 313-5 (plate)
Sultan: votaries sleep on ground, 68
Sumatra: neighbouring island of
women, 161

Summer (see also under names of
months); summer figures, Hesse,
384

Sun: Apollo's late connection with,
240; in folktales, 19, Assam, 480;
Helios the sun god, 60, 163, 182;
passes through opening and shutting
rocks, 184; rising, burial with head
towards, Lower Congo, 429; rising,
first tooth shed thrown towards,
Lower Congo, 422; Sisyphus as sun
god, 182; Tantalus as sun god, 182

! Sunday : (see also Easter Sunday ; and
Palm Sunday); after Easter, Agnus
Dei cakes blessed, 203; after Lam-
mas, feast of St Wilfrid, Ripon,
454-6 plate; in folktales of
fairies, 326-7; lucky day for
patient's rally, Ireland, 317; well
custom, May, Aberdeenshire, 472
Sundry Notes from West Somerset
and Devon, by Rev. C. W. Whistler,
88-91

Sunrise: water for charm brought
before, Kerry, 316

Surrey: (see also Brooklands; Croy-
don; and Lambeth); amulets,
297-8 (plate); folk-songs, 476
Survival of Incubation?, A, by Mrs.
M. C. Harrison, 313-5 (plate)
Sussex: (see also Hand Cross; and
Lewes); ballad, 191, 199; folk-
songs, 476

Sutcombe: amulet, 340-1
Svanetia : blood-kinship custom, 343-4
Swaffham: in folktale, 242, 333-6
Swallow as amulet, Flanders, 204;
bring good fortune, Flanders, 204;
eyes grow if blinded, 107; in folk-
tale, Nyanja, 256

Swan; watching as task in folktale,
158

Swan maiden type of folktale, 168-9,
376, 481, 506

Swastika: as amulet, England, 295;

replaced by Solomon's seal, 220

Sweden (see also Gothland island);
Hellgren's Sånglekår fran Naas
noticed, 510

Sweet potato: in folktale, Maoris,
177

Switzerland, see Bern Canton
Sydney grave hut, 405
Symplegades, legend of, 60
Syra: half-man monster, 173
Syria: northern, prehistoric population
of, 58

Taboos: 126; on eating, Balemba,
282; faqir, India, 69; Lower

Niger, 498; medicine-man, Japan,
69; amongst Meitheis, 480; during
pregnancy, 368; on priests at
Dodona, 67-9; show clan names,
Nyanja, 255

Tabor, C. J.: Modern Mascots and
Ancient Amulets of the British
Isles, 301-3; Thar-Cake, 337-9
Tadpole, see Frog