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Index.
Salop, see Shropshire
Salt and bread free haunted house, Cairo, 389
Salt and water sprinkled over horses, &c., before beginning spring plough- ing, Hebrides, 439
Salt, used against witchcraft, Dorset, 108
Samca, see Avezulia
Salmon, catching of, taught by an- cestor of bear clan, Tsimshian Indians, 60
Samyos, in Syriac charm, 15 1
Sandwich islands, sacred stones, 174
Sankarshana, see Krishna
Sardine, buried, Spain, 245 ; carried in procession, 258
Sardinia, head of criminal's corpse " thigh-forked," 413
Satan, in Russian charm, 155
Satanael, in Russian charm, 155
Satrina, see Lilith
Saturday, unlucky for Cairene marriage or wedding breakfast, 381
Savoy, localisation of Arthur's fight with the demon cat, 414-6
Saxony ; {see also Chemnitz ; Dres- den ; Linda ; and Niederlausitz) ; goose sacrificed, 253
Sayce, A. H., Cairene Folklore, 354- 95 ; review by, A, S. Palmer's Studies on Biblical Subjects, No. II., Jacob at Bethel, 1 96-8
Scalds, cured by tongue which has touched caterpillar, Hebrides, 448
Scandinavia : {see also North Cape ; Norway ; and Sweden) ; wood- pecker transformed human being, 236
Schlei fjord, gulls hunted, July 23rd, 251
Schleswig : {sec also Schlei ; and Sylt) ; first bee killed and put in purse, 254 ; carp eaten, Christmas, 259; greasy pig caught, 251-2; pigeon sacrificed, 253
Schonhirde (Boh.), white mouse respected, 241
Scorcoila, see Avezuha
Scotland : {see also Argyllshire ; Arran ; Hebrides ; Kircudbright- shire; Perthshire ; Ross-shire'; Rox- burghshire ; Shetland ; and Suther- landshire) ; fish tabooed locally, 243 ; hymns and incantations orally collected in the Highlands and islands, 419-21 ; superstitions orally
collected in the Highlands and islands, 422-3 ; totem clans, 232 ; wren respected, 242
North-east, cat respected locally,
239 ; magpie respected, 241 ; lark, rook, and wild duck tabooed, 242 ; yellowhammer killed, 255-6
West, butterfly respected, 239 ;
superstitions orally collected, 422 ; touching corpse, 210 ; white butter- fly fed, 244
Sea bathing on Ascension Day,
Calymnos, 221 Sea-beast in Greek folktale, 113, 115
Sea beliefs and customs : sea becomes sweet on Ascension Day, Calymnos, 221 ; burial of the dead horse, 434
Sea demon, original of demon cat with which Arthur fought, 415
Sea songs, English, 418-9
Sea spirit, Korean sacrifice to, 332
Seal : appears as man once a year, Faroe Islands, 236 : clan in W. Ireland and Scotch islands, 232-3 ; descended from drowned persons, Ru'gen, 235 j respected in Ireland, 242
Sea-swallow, respected locally, 241
Sebillot, P., plan for bibliography of P'rench folklore, 430-3
Secunderabad : the bug, saying of, 218; child never shown looking- glass, 218 ; cure for hemicrania, 218; Hanuman and the pariahs and moduga trees, 218 ; Holi feast, 218 ; monkeys once men, 218 ; marriage customs, 219 ; nursery song, 219
Seeland and cult of Niord, 83
Segnius Ii-ritant, or Eight Primitive Folklore Stories, by W. W. Strick- land, reviewed by M. G., 313-4
Seligmann, C. G. , The Bull-roarer in Ceylon, 456
Semitic month names, 209
September, weasel killed for magic, Mecklenburg, 255
Seriphos, swinging customs, 23
Serpent, see Snake
Seventh son, cures king's evil, Hebrides, 448
Sex of children, how determined, Cairo, 381
Shadow not to fall in foundation trench of house, Calymnos, 221
Shakspeare's Greenwood, by G. Mor ley, reviewed, 424-5