Index.
451
Bonfires lighted in Ireland in INIay
or iVIidsummer, 261, 263 Borneo : myth of origin of fire,
354 Borough Man, the, 432 Boundaries : fights at, on Good
Friday, 76 ; perambulation of,
193 Bow-drill : used in fire-making, 357 Bov and the Elephant's Legs : tale
of, 138 Boy and the Hare : tale of, 167 Bowl-egg Sunday : Easter Day,
79 Bragawd : drinking of, 93 Brand Committee : Report of,
lO-II
Bread baking on Good Friday, 71,
73. 76 Breden Stone : installation of
Admiral of Cinque Ports at, 300 Browis : broth made on Good
Friday, 74 Brown, G. : Folk Tales from the
Tonga Islands, 426 et seqq. Brunhild, 33 Bur Alan, the, 432 Burial face downwards, to prevent
return of the ghost, 224 Burn : cure of, by means of an
insect, 421 Burne, Mr. S. A. H. : on Examples
of Folk Alemory from Stafford- shire, 239 Burne, Miss C. S. : review of S.
Sunderland's Old London's Spas,
Baths and Wells, 324 Buryat tribe : use of fire in fer-
tihty charms, 373 Business festivals : at Easter, 83 ;
at Whitsuntide, 209 Butter : festival in May, 262 ;
made on Good Friday, curative, 77
Caer Sidi : prison of, 40
Caisg nam badach : fruits after
Easter, 97 Cake : dancing round, 95 Calendar customs : Irish, 237 ; in
Shakespeare, 396 et seqq. Calf's liver : eaten on Good Friday,
74 Calumniated Woman, the, 60 Candles : burning of, m Ancient
Egypt, 367 et seq Cannibalism, 46
Careless Mother, the : tale of, 165
Casg : Easter Sunday, 93
Cath Maighe Tuireadh : tale of, 38
Castle : the magic, 54
Cattle : use of fire to protect, 361
Celts, the : ancestor worship
among, 36 ; beliefs regarding
Elysium, 36 Cend la : Maundy Thursday, 94 Chalk Sunday, 267 Changelings : in Shakespeare, 381 Chastity : observed by headman
of Kaitish tribe, 25 Children : begging by, 69, 84 ; doles
to, 69 ; protected from evil in- fluences by lighting candles near
them, 360 Chinese : firing of crackers at an
execution to scare the headless
ghost, 364 Chinziri and his Brothers : tale of,
146 Christmas : candle, the, 276 ;
customs in Ireland, 265 ; Day,
in Shakespeare, 405 ; mumming
in Ireland, 301 Chukchee tribe, use of fire as a
purifier, 363 et seq. Church ales, 212, 216 ; decking of,
on Good Friday, 75 Cinderella : tale of, 64 Cinque Ports : installation of
Admiral of, 300 Clerk's ale, 90
Clipping the Church at Easter, 90 Clodd, E. : obituary of Sir L.
Gomme, iii Clothes : beliefs regarding, at
Easter, 80 ; washing of, on Good
Friday unlucky, 72, 73 Club feasts at Wliitsuntide, 209 Cobb ale, 205 Cockfighting, 87, 93 Cock-kippit : played on Good Fri- day, 75 Cock-squailing, 203 Common riding on Ascension Day,
200 Connach worm, the, 420 et seq. Corpus Christi festival, the, 215 Council of the Society : election
of members, 3 ; Report of, 4 Courting on Good Friday unlucky,
71, 72 Court leet, the Kissing Day, 98 Cox, Miss M. R. E. : obituary of,
434 et seq.
