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INDEX.
Birth Superstitions in Northants, 283 Burning-drakes, mining superstition, 186, 282
Cambridgeshire, rhyme on, 82, 85, 87 Camel, domestication of, 320 ; origin
of, 321 Campbell (J. r.)» death of, noted, 192 Carriage, fairy, 144-145 Cat, in folk-tale incidents, 258-260, 314
ill omen of meeting, 309
unlucky to fisher-folk, 182, 308
drowned, unlucky to Yorkshire
fishermen, 378 Cat's- eyes used as windows of fairy
palace, 139-140 Cats, Indian folk-tale of, 333-335 Cavern of the Peak, tradition of, 81 Cemetery, first burial in, unlucky, 281 Ceremonial customs a section of folk- lore, 5, 9 Cerne, traditions relating to, 83 Chamber, the forbidden, folk-tales,
Sec. 193-242 Changeling, fairy, 142 Cheshire, rhyme on, 83, 87
traditions relating to, 80
Children's games, &c., proposed study
of, 279 Chilian popular tales, 289-305 Christmas night, cattle bowing on,
186 Church custom, relationship of, to
folk-lore, 8-9 Cinder-wench story, 301-305 Circle, magical, in folk-tale incidents,
246-247 Clan legends in Mongolia, 316 Clodd (Edward) : Myths and Dreams reviewed, 284-286 ; Tabulation of folk-tales, 170-171 Collectors of folk-lore, 2 Communistic theories temp. Edward
III., 44-52 Congress, International Folk-lore, pro- posed, 279 Coote (H. C): The Origin of the RoUn
Hood epos, 44-52 ; death of, 96 Corineus, tradition of, 80 Cornwall, rhyme on, 82, 85 tradition about the Epiph- any, 186
traditional origin of, 80
Coronation stone in Donegal, 276-277 Corpse, unlucky to meet at sea, 55
Coulanges (F. de) : Recherches sur qnelques proMemes d'histoire re- viewed, 380-382
Cow, fairy, folk-tale incident, 302
Cox (Sir G.) : Introduction to Compa- rative Mythology and Folh-Lore^ 2
Crab, golden, in Indian folk-tale, 56-60
name of, not pronounced by fisher- men of Cullen, 309
Cranion, fairy charioteer, 145-146
Crocodile in Indian folk-tale, 128-132
Croggen, nickname for the Welsh, 88
Crow, in folk-tale incidents, 56-60, 69-70, 124-126, 329-333, 360-363
Crow (water-), in folk-tale incidents, 328-329
Cupid and Psyche, group of folk-tales, 196
Curse, forms of, 309
Customs, a group of folk-lore, 5, 99
Daddy Longlegs, in fairy mythology,
146 Dance, country, 143 Dances of the nymphs, 138 Danish prince, legend of, 188 Dead body, see " Corpse " " Dead-hand " stories, 193-242 Death, customs at, Scotland, 281-282 Derbyshire, rhyme on, 83, 85 Descents, mythical Mongolian, 317,
318 Devonshire, rhyme on, 82, 85 Diana, connection of Titania with, 148 Dill, superstitious uses of, 152 Divining rods, 282 Dog-bite superstition, 187, 282 Dog, drowned, unlucky to Yorkshire
fishermen, 378 Dogs, in Indian folk-tales, 73 Domestication of animals, 320 Donegal folk-lore, 274-278 Dorsetshire, rhyme on, 82, 85 Dove, transformation of heroine into,
folk-tale incident, 291 Dramatis personcs of folk-tales, 6 Drap, a fairy, 147, 150 Drayton on Robin Hood traditions, 48
folk-lore of, 79-90, 134-155
Dreams and myths, book on, reviewed,
284-286 Dress, fairy, 151 Drowning, superstitions concerning, 54,
183, 184, 281 Duel, fairy, 155
Durham, New Year custom, 282 Dwarf-size of the fairies, 139, 150-151