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Index.
corpse taboos, 347 ; north, tale,
102 ; south-west, simulating
change of sex, 385 Iris : [see also Orris root) ; in
love-songs, Gilyaks, 480 Iron and steel : {see also Knife ;
Pin) ; divine origin of, Manipur,
425, 427 ; plate to repel evil,
Manipur, 438 Islandica, vol. v, reviewed, 533 Islands, enchanted : Clare, 104,
106 ; Hy-Brasil, 204 Isle of Man, see Mannin Isle of Wight : gipsies, 348 Issa-Japura District : account of,
3, 8, 41-62 Italy : {see also Abruzzi ; Pied-
montese ; Romans, ancient ;
Sicilian) ; amulets, 63-4, 67-8,
70, 72-3 Itchumundi : marriage, 176-7,
179. 184 Ivy : blessed, Clare, 211
Jackal : village name, Hebrews,
165
Jagannath : car, Manipur, PI. viii ; temple, 536
Jaguar : blood feud with, S. Amer., 56 ; medicine-man as, S. Amer., 55-6 ; in tales, S. Amer., 58
Jamaica : tale, 475
January : {see also Candlemas Day ; Epiphany ; New Year's Day ; Plough Monday ; St. Paul's Day ; St. Vincent's Day) ; charm, Ontario, 221 ; 19th perilous, 121 ; in saying. Piedmont, 216 ; rhyme, War- wicksh., 239
Japan : childbirth, 196
Japura District : account of, 3, 8, 41-&2
Jdtaka, The, 536
Jelly-fish : in song, Kiwai Pa- puans, 293
Jenness, D. : The Magic Mirror : a Fijian Folk-Tale, 233-4
Jersey : calendar customs, 117
Jet : amulets, Spain, 65-6
Jews : ancient village names, 165 ; blessing and cursing, 247 ; folk- medicine, 120 ; India, 148 ; origin of Himmelsbriefe, 139
Johannesburg : burial of ampu- tated finger, 123
Jonas, M. C. : Scraps of English
Folklore, 234-7 Journeys : perilous days to begin,
122 ; unlucky to turn back,
Ontario etc., 226 July : {see also St. Swithin's Day);
3rd Thursday, fair, Devon, 238 Jumping as marriage rite, gipsies
etc., 336-8 June : {see also St. John's Eve)(;
hiring fairs, Wales, 107 ; 23rd,
amulets prepared, Spain, 73
Kabi : name, 167-9
Kabuis : master of the rice, 448-9
Kai tribe ; death customs and
beliefs, 391 Kakching : god of iron workers,
422, 424, 429-30 KaU, deity, 413, 415, 433 Kalindi, 457-9
Kamares cave : haunted, 359 Kamilaroi : name, 167-9 Kanachauba, deity, 435, 439-41 Kangaroo : totem, Aus., 176 Karahone Indians, 55 Karamundi : marriage, 176-7, 179,
184 Kartik : lights hoisted, 445 Kasai river : Luba people, 269 Kavirondo, the, 280 Kayan : account of, .273-7 Keils Bridge : in tale, 103 Kent : cutting nails, 221 Kenyah, 274-5 Kerry : place-names, 97, 99 ;
tales, 102, 105, 492 Kewats : marriage, 334 Key : in divination, Oxon., 80 ;
in tales, Clare, 106 Khasis : snake worship, 443, 523 Khumlangba, deity, 422, 424,
427-30- 432 {plate) Kidwelly : hiring fair, 107 Kikuyu, 280, 468 Kilbreckan : St. Brecan, 204 Kilcoan : saint, 212 Kilfarboy : Armada tradition, 491 Kilfenora : place-names, 100 Kilfiddaun : saint, 212 Kilkee : Armada, 491-2 ; ghosts,
492,497; St.Senan, 206; tale, 493 Kilkishen : traditions, 377 Killaloe : names, 374 ; saints, 211 ;
tales, 96, 368 Killard : Armada, 492 Killeany : cross, 204 ; saint, 205
