Index.
541
Asia Minor : (see also Caria ;
Cilicia ; Troy) ; coins, 65 ; double
axe, 63 Ass, see Donkey Assam : (see also Garos ; Hakka
Chins ; Kukis ; Lushais ; Maikel ;
Manipur ; Maolong ; Mayong-
klong ; Meitheis ; Nagas ; Tang-
khuls) ; dialects, 296 ; exhibits,
9 ; head-hunting, 8 Assyria : (^ee also Nineveh) ; god
images, 61-2 (plate) ; influences
Crete, 135 Astrology : fixes wedding date,
Palestine, 285 Astronomical folklore, see Eclipse ;
Meteors ; Moon ; Stars ; Sun Athens : blessing, 531 ; Minotaur
legends, 132-4, 137-9, M^'S Athi river, see Akikuyu Atnatu, deity, Kaitish, 521 Attica, see Athens Attis myth, iii Attyflin : banshee, 191 ; death
coach, 192, 194 Auditors, election of, 6 Augury, see Divination August, see St Bartholomew's Day Aulain : folk-medicine, 317 Aunt, see Father's sister Australia : (see also Queensland ;
South Australia ; Torres Straits ;
and under names of tribes) ; All- Father belief, 519-22 ; kin, 149 ;
social evolution, 519-20 Auvergne : burial of cur^, 178 Axe : double, as symbol, 62-6
(plates), 68, 135 ; of St 01af,74-6 ;
of sun-god, 60-78 (plates)
Babies, see Birth customs and be- liefs
Bachelors' Houses, see Men's Houses
Backa : symbolic axe, 69
Backwards : in laying ghost, Bucks, 222
Badagas : ford rites, 159
Badger : demon-badger, Clare, 181, 478-9 ; snout as amulet, Somer- set, 7
Badll : folk-medicine, 325
Bagheria : cult of executed crimi- nals, 171
Bagley Wood : cross in turf, 387
Bagot's Bromley : history, 27
Bahamas : folk-tales, 264
Baharas herb : gathering, 162
Baladi : fetish, 468
Balance Sheet of Society, 13
Balder, 72, 438
Balkan Peninsula, see Albania ;
Servia ; Thrace Ballads, see Folk-songs Ballydeely : cairn, 479 ; meaning,
183 Ballyganner Hill : dolmen, 196 Ballyhee : fairies, 195 Ballyheigue Bay : sunken church,
485 Ballymarkahan : banshee, 191 Ballyportry : place-names, 184 Ballyvaughan : legend, 188 Baltimore : bayberry candle for
luck, Christmas, 6 Ban Bodla : folk-medicine, 315 Bangor (Down) : plague ravages,
423 Banks' islands : (see also Merlav ;
Mota ; Motlav ; Rowa ; Vanua
Lava) ; conception beliefs, 391 ;
father's sister, 42, 44-55 ; magical
practices, 2 ; marriage customs,
54-5 ; totemism, 390-1 Banshees, 120, 186-91 Bantu : (see also under names of
tribes) ; ford rites, 159 Baobab-tree : in folk-tale, Africa,
363
Baptism : before child's first visit, Yorks, 225 ; dangers before, 148
Baras : folk-medicine, 315
Barrenness, see Birth customs and beliefs
Basti Arain : amulet, 333
Basutos : folk-tale, 256-7
Bat : blood, in love charm, Eng- land, 376 ; in folklore, Wales, 118; in folk-tale, Kabyles, 158
Batala : folk-medicine, 314, 316
Bathing : of bride, Palestine, 289 ; in folk-medicine, India, 320, 322 ; not on Sunday, Palestine, 289
Batta tribe : sorcerer's book, 2
Bayberry : candle for luck, U.S.A., 6
Bay-tree : Christmas greens, Wor- cester, 263
Bear : in folk-tale, Armenia, 366 ; in legend, Clare, 181, 47S
Beara the Firbolg, 182
Beast fables, 200-1, 203-15, 258-60, 351-65, 487-503
