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Index.
New Guinea. See " Guinea " (New).
New Mills, giant of, 130-131
News, Notes and, 127-129 ; 268-269 ;
407-408, 513-51 4 Nicht Nought Nothing, 292-295 Nijni Novgorod, endogamous mar- riage in district, 469 Nizhegorod, bridal procession in, 437
-, carrying bride at, 430
. ceremony of scratching ground
at weddings, 445
, hand-striking of, 426
Noodle story. See " Coat o' Clay." Northamptonshire fairy punishment, tale of, 213
, hiring time in, 315
Northumberland fairy punishment,
tale of, 210
Norway, ill-luck, belief in, 156 Notes and news, 127-129, 268-269,
407-408, 513-514 Novgorod, promiscuity at, 466 Nudity, female, in religious rites, 223 Nutt (Alfred), "Celtic Myth and Saga, Report on," 234-260 ; u Fas- cination and Hypnotism " (letter), 274 ; " Report on Campbell MSS. at Edinburgh," 369-383
OAK, Finnish magic-songs of origin of, 338-342
Oath, curse follows breaking, 324
O'Cein's leg (Highland legend), ab- stract of, 373-377
Octopus, myths referring to (Torres Straits), 194, 196
O'Hara, three daughters of king, 256
Oisin in Tir na n-og (West Highland tale), 257
Ojebway star-pointing superstition, 152 ; footprint superstition, 158
Olonizk, exogamy in, 475
Omelettes, use of, in Mordvin mar- riage ceremonies, 448
Onega, endogamy in district of, 469
Oracle, distrust and reconciliation of, in New Guinea legends, 81
Orenburg, bridal weeping custom of, 457
Orkney folk - tales. See " Kate Crackernuts," " Peerifool," " Draig- lin Hogney."
Ornaments, personal, of Torres Straits Islanders, 196
Ostiaks, ceremony in honour of vir- ginity of bride of, 419
, face-covering custom of, 450
, marriage by capture among,
Ostiaks, marriage by purchase among,
453
, marriage restrictions of, 452
" Otmitza," Servian marriage custom,
476 Out-house, Mordvin bridal chamber
made in, 443
Oven, Papuan earth, 80, 81 Ox (black) killed on well causes water
to flow, 278
PAGAN festivals, aboli tion of, in Russia
by Ivan the Terrible, 467 Palaeo-Koundura, flower festival at,
518
Palm Sunday, Greek customs on, 520 Papuan earth oven, 80, 81 Paton (W. R.), "TwaiKtia. from Calym-
nos," 523-524
Peacock, stage objection to, 277 Pebbles, Welsh divination by, 132 Pedigree, Manchu examination before
marriage of, 484 Peeping Tom and Lady Godiva, 207-
226
Peerifool (Orkney folk-tale), 302-305 Penza, government of, custom of
driving out bridegroom in, 436 ;
prohibition of marriage among near
relations at, 417; sprinkling the
bride at, 448, 449 ; wooing customs
in, 421 Perm, pistol-firing by father of bride,
477 Pictures, uses of holy, in Mordvin
marriage ceremonies, 445 Pies, Mordvin sacred marriage, 428,
429, 457
Pig, Finnish account of origin of, 34 Pike, Finnish legends that trees grew
from teeth of, 344-345
, magic-song of origin of, 336
Pilmoor, legend of lad 'caught by
giant at, 130
Pixy story, Devon, 207-208 Player's superstitions, 276-277 Ploubalay fair, elfin booths at, 212 Plough dragged by nude women,
Gorakhpur rain-spell, 223 Point Barrow, Esquimaux belief that
air is full of spirits, 149 Poland, continuance of girlhood till
wife has borne a son, 450
, marriage by capture in, 476
, wife purchase in, 478
Polians, marriage among, 463
, bride purchase custom of, 478
Politza, statute of, 476
