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Oak-tree : on May ist, Breconsh., 512 ; on May 29th, Mon- mouthsh., 109, Oxon, 87-8 ; rhyme, Warwicksh., 240 Oaths : Scandinavia, 260 Obituary, see In Memoriam October : (see also November Eve) ; dance, S. Amer. Indians, 51 ; hiring fairs, Wales, 106-7 Odin, 259
Oisin the bard, 103-4 OHve-tree : leaves as incense,
Cyprus, 357-8 Olympia : flogging on grave,
387-8 Omens : (see also Lucky and un- lucky days and deeds) ; from : — animals, Manipur, 427, 436, Ontario, 223, Oxon, 88 ; baby crying, Quebec, 361 ; birds, Manipur,427-8, Ontario, 223, Oxon, 88, Pokomo, 467-8; breaking mirror, Ontario, 225, Oxon, 90-1 ; candle, Oxon, 88, 91, Piedmont, 213 ; cloth- ing, Quebec, 361-2 ; cone of kabok, Manipur, 434-5 ; cut- ting teeth, Quebec, 361 ; , dreams, Ontario, 227, Oxon, 91, Quebec, 361 ; dropping dishcloth, Ontario, 225 ; embers, Oxon, 91 ; falling picture, Ontario, 222 ; froth in cup, Ontario, 227 ; horse- shoe, Ontario, 222 ; insects, Breconsh., 517, Ontario, 227, Oxon, 88 ; knocks, Here- fordsh., 238-g ; laughter, Oxon, 91 ; loaf, Ontario,
222 ; names and chance utterances, Greeks, 247 ; passing funeral, Ontario, 222 ; parts of the body, Ontario, 223, 227, Oxon, 90, Quebec,
361 ; sea-sickness, Quebec,
362 ; seeing new moon, Ontario, 220 ; shaking hands, Ontario, 222 ; shuddering, Oxon, 91 ; sleeping on face, Ontario, 223 ; sneezing, Oxon, 91 ; sowing, Ontario,
223 ; splashing, Quebec etc., 361; spoons, Ontario etc., 222; stye on eye, Piedmont, 93 ; tea leaves, Ontario, 225-6, Oxon, 91 ; weather, Oxon, 88 ; wishbone, Ontario, 222 ;
of: — Dirth, Quebec, 361 ; death, Ontario, 222-3, Oxon, 88, Piedmont, 213, Pokomo, 467 ; enemies, Oxon, 91 ; fishing, Pokomo, 468 ; future life, Oxon, 88 ; gifts, Oxon, 90 ; marriage, Breconsh., 517, Ontario, 222, Oxon, 88, Pied- mont, 93, Quebec, 361 ; new dress, Ontario, 227 ; talk about one, Oxon, 90-1 ; visitors, Ontario, 225, Oxon, 91, Quebec, 361 ; weather, Breconsh., 517 ; S. Amer. Indians, 59 Onion-flower : stops witches,
Greece, 127 Ontario Beliefs, by H. J. Rose,
219-27 On the IndependeHt Character of the Welsh " Owain," by A. C. L. Brown, reviewed, 254-6 Opal : unlucky, Oxon, 90 O'Quin, tale of, 378-81 Orbassan : in proverb, 95 Ordeals : poison, Africa, 269 Orissa : Lacey's The Holy Land of
the Hindus, reviewed, 534-6 Orkneys : nicknames, 165 Ormskirk : tree beUef, 31 Ornaments, personal : S. Amer.
Indians, 48-9, 60 Orris root : in folk-medicine,
London, 120 Orta, Lake : souls as flames, 217 Osier : in tale, Clare, 212 Ossetes : childbirth, 195 Other World : not Fairyland, 256 Oughtdarra : tale, 103 Owl : omen from, Oxon, 88 Ox : horns in charm. Piedmont,
362 Oxfordshire : (see also Barnard Gate ; Bicester ; Chilswell Hill ; Church Handborough ; Evnsham ; Holton ; Long Handborough ; Northleigh ;
Witney) ; gipsies, 336 ; omen. 222 ; Oxfordshire Village Folk- lore (1840-1900). by A. Parker, 74-91 ; place-names, 279-80 Oyster : as nickname, Orkneys,
165 Ozi river : connected with Tana,
463 Paca : flesh tabooed, S. .\mer., 45
