Index.
Michaelmas, Northamptonshire hiring
time, 315 Middleman, employment in Chinese
marriage arrangements of, 481, 482,
483
Midwife legend at Tavistock, 207 Migration of Bia (Torres Straits tale),
174-175,190 Miscellanea, 130-136, 275-280, 409,
518-524
Moksha, bridal ceremonies of, 444 , clutching of tie-beam part
of marriage ceremony among, 427
, marriage arrangements of, 425
, marriage by capture among,
419-420 ; with capture, 453-455 , marriage by seniority among
sisters, 418
, marriageable age among, 418
, mutual inclination necessary
before marriage, 419
-, period of widowhood among,
451
, prevalence of marriage by abduction among, 421
sprinkling the bride, ceremony
of, 448
unimportance of virginity
among, 419
, wooing customs, 423
Mongols,marriage by purchase among,
453 , marriage customs similar to
Mordvin, 451
-, marriage restrictions of, 452,
455
Montenegro, custom of ' Otmitza' in, 476
Moon, New Guinean legend of, 185- 186, 195
Moors, removal of impressions on sand by, 159
Morality, English folk, 324-325
Morayshire folk-tales. See " Eashin Coatie," " Nicht Nought Nothing."
Moidvins, marriage customs among, 417-462
. , bridal processions of, 437,
438 ; bridegroom receives presents from, bride, 427; celibacy rare among, 417; depreciatory marriage- songs of, 429, 430 ; kinship mar- riages among, 417, 418 ; marriage arrangements of, 425 ; marriage by capture among, 419-420; marriage- able age of, 418; names, method of giving, 418 ; restrictions on mar- riage of, 451-452 ; sacred pies used to ratify marriage contracts. 429 ;
virginity considered unimportant by, 419 ; visits of future father- in-law before completion of mar- riage, 434 ; vows against marriage, 417; widowhood among, 451; woo- ing ceremonies of, 422, 455
Mound at Sessay, 130
Mound-bird of New Guinea, habits of, 77
Mount Batten, coins of Greek type found at, 100
Mourning dress in Torres Straits, 191
Moscow, payment of "kladka" at, 479
Mothering Sunday, observance of, 315
Mother-in-law, her feet washed by Chinese bride, 366
Moytura, battle of, 244, 245
Muckleston, tradition of Queen Mar- garet at, 319
Mud a sign of mourning in Torres Straits, 191
Mummers' Play, 320
Mummy, medical virtues of, 523
Muralug, skull of late husband car- ried by widow in, 192
folk-tales. See " Tabu : what
he did in Muralug," " Dorgai of Muralug."
Murray Island, ownership of land in, 81
Mutuk, story of (Badu legend), 56-60
Mythology, recent research on Teu- tonic, 118-126
NAOA, the master of ceremonies in Nagir (Nagir tale), 179-18.', 192
Nagir folk-tale. See *' Naga."
Nails not to be pared before child is a year old, 276
Nam Zogo (Murray Island folk -tale), 186-1H9, 195
Name, bridal, of Mordvins, 449
, Finn belief in addressing
spirit by, 21
, importance of not knowing,
272 ; custom of concealing name in Abyssinia, 273-274
, peasant objection to men- tioning, 323
-, What is in a (letter), 272-274
Names among Mordvins, method of
giving, 418
Narbo, tin route through, 85 Narbonne. See " Narbo." Nest, swallow's, sacrilege to steal, 279 Nestor, account of Slav marriages
given b} 7 . 463
