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371
Hydrophobia, a remedy for: eating liver of a dog (Sussex), 160; thrice swallowing word-charm written on apple or bread, 179; see Dog
Hyldemoer, the elder-mother, a spirit guarding the elder (Denmark), 220
Idiots considered fairy changelings, 189
Images of wax or clay impaled with pins; still made in Devon; allusions to the practice in various authors, 228–229; used in India, 229–230; see Corp cré.
Incantations: of Dawson to relieve cattle from witchcraft, 218; and to restore a youth to health, 220; hearts stuck with pins used in, 219–23; of Black Jock, to discover a horse poisoner, 221–2; of a Durham farmer, 222; to discover the person injuring a cow, ib.; to restore a sick child, 223; to discover a witch, and to baffle one, 223–4
Indian tale of a prince under a spell, 230
Infant, see Child
Ingledew’s Ballads of Yorkshire quoted on Hagmena songs, 77
Irish stones used as charms for sores and wounds; most powerful in Irish hands, 166
Irving’s Conquest of Florida quoted on sneezing, 137
Itching: of nose, portends vexation; of foot, travelling; of hand, paying or receiving money; of ear, news, 112
Jackdaws descending chimneys portend death, 48
James the First’s Demonology quoted on bleeding of a corpse, 57
Jarrow, St. Bede’s well at, used for dipping sickly children, 231
Jenny Greenteeth, the sprite of Lancashire streams, mentioned, 265
John Dory: the fish caught by St. Peter; bears the marks of the tribute money and of the Apostle’s thumb and finger (Italy), 312
Johnson (Dr. Samuel), his objection to entering a house left foot foremost, 116
Jonson’s (Ben) Sad Shepherd quoted on witch hunting, 211
Jormaugaund of Norse mythology mentioned, 283
Journey, unlucky to be recalled when starting on a, 117; meat and drink breaks the spell, ib.; unlucky to turn round or look back (Sweden), ib.
Judas hanged himself on elder tree, 219
Kaboutermannekin haunt mills in Holland; disappear when presented with new clothes, 250; the miller’s attempt to recover his Redcap, ib.; set the mill-stone, 253
Kelly’s Indo-European Tradition quoted on Thor and Thursday, 33; on howling of dogs, 48; on Holy fires of Germanic race, 72; on the wren, 125; on the white thorn, 152; on need-fire, 168; on witchcraft in the dairy, 198; on milking a hair-rope, 199; on mountain-ash, 225
Kelly’s Syria and the Holy Land quoted on stone for the cure of snake bites, 165
Kempion mentioned, 293
Kemps or spikes of ribwort plantain, divination by, 99
Kenning-stone: a charm for sore eyes, belonging to Miss Soaper of Thrustleton, 145
