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Index.
tale, Borneo, 408 ; journey to, Assam, 467 ; life in, Assam, 466 ; sky-god rules dead, Borneo, 408
Haimang : in purificatory rite, Assam, 468
Hainaut : Christmas belief, 345 6
Hair : in charms, Donegal, 477, Japan, 190 ; cut in waxing moon, Quebec etc., 345 ; grown as mourning, Malabar, 43 ; growth makes man, Mala- bar, 35
Hair of the Dog that Bit Him," " The, by E. Selous, 229-30
Hairdressing : Malabar, 35-6, 38
Halhda}', W. R. : Folklore Scraps from Greece and Asia ]\Iinor, 218-20 ; A Greek Marriage in Cappadocia, 81-8 [pi.) ; Modern Greek Folk-Tales and Ancient Greek ^Mythology, 4S6-9
Hallowe'en ; bonfires, Ireland, 420-2, Scot., 4I9-P.O, X. Wales, 419 ; customs, 420-1, Gaels, 500-1, Ireland, 420-2 ; fair, Glos., 443
Hammer : in death custom, Gaels, 500
Hampshire, see Liphook
Hampstead : fifth of November procession, 413
Handbook of Folklore, 9-10, 16
Handkerchief : in charm, Balkans, 226
Hare : in folk-medicine, 231 ; witch as, Clare, 214
Haresfield : calendar customs, 444 ; Feast, 453 ; well. Beacon,
335
Hartland, E. S. : Cotswold Place- Lore and Customs, 482-5 ; re- views b}', — Roscoe's The Ba- ganda, 132-9 ; Weeks' Among Congo Cannibals, 509-14 ; Ju- nod's The Life of a South African Tribe, vol. i., 515-20 ; Doutte's Magie et Religion dans VAfriqiie du Kord, 396-400 ; Saintyves' Les Reliqiies et les Images Legendaires, 253-4 > Bleek and Lloyd's Specimens of Bitshinan Folklore, 257-61
Harvest customs and beliefs : Badagas, 140
Hasakeui : marriage customs, 81-8 (pi.) ; rite at saint's tomb, 219
Hastings : Guy Fawkes' Day,
411-2 Haunted houses : Wandsworth,
18 Haverfield, Miss : exhibit, 146 Hawk : gods' messenger, Borneo,
408 Hawthorn-tree : bush hung up.
New Year, Herefordshire, 386 ;
crosses from twigs, Clare, 209 ;
in treasure tale, Clare, 209 Hazel-tree : worshipped, Ireland,
248 Head : in riddle, Armenians, 472 Headache : amulet against, 234 ;
cupping against, Mohave- Apache, 173 ; cures for, 233-4,
491 Head-hunting, Nigeria, 261 Headington : Guy, 41 8 Headless ghosts : Glos., 339 Heart : in folk-medicine. 231 Hearth : in purilicatory ceremony,
Assam, 470 Heat, charm against, Japan, 192 Hebrews, see Jews Hebrides : (see also Barra ; Skye) ;
Carmina Gadelica, 499-501 Hedgehog : in folk-tale, Worcs.,
357 Hei-ruk : in ceremonies, Assam,
464 Helpstone : games. May Day, 197,
202 Helsingfors : folklore collection,
113 Helyas, 120-1
Hen: crowing unlucky, Japan, 196 Henbane : amulet from, 492 ; re- moves teeth, 492 Herbs, see Flowers and plants Herefordshire : [see also Weobley ; Whitney - on - the - Wye) ; Leather's The Folk-Lore of Herefordshire reviewed, 383-6 Herero : cow etc. respected, 275 Hertfordshire, see Watford Hiccough : charm against, Japan,
196 Hidden treasure, see Treasure,
hidden High Gods, see Deitv, conceptions
of Hills : spirits of, Baganda, 136 Hina, Poljmesian deity, 520-1 Hinchinbrook Castle : folk- tale, 353
