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Index.
St. Alessio, rhymed legend of, 266 St. Brendan legends, genesis of, 237-
238
St. Briayels, Godiva legend at, 218, 224, 225; privileges in consequence of, 218-219
St. Clement's Eve, apple begging cus- tom on, 315 St. Elian's Well. See " Ffynnon
Elian." St. Jacut-de-la-Mer, fairy punishment
tale at. 211 St. John's Eve, Greek customs on,
520 St. Mary Magdalene's Day, Scotch
objection to fighting on, 279 St. Thomas's Day, custom of women
begging on, 321 Sakai, frightening away thunder by,
153 Sale of wives among Austrian Slavs,
478 Salt, Mordvin marriage ceremonies
with, 427, 428, 444, 449 offered to Finnish wood- spirit,
17 ; to water-spirit, 18 , used in Welsh divination.
132
Salt-cellar, Mordvin marriage cere- monies with, 426, 481 Saluting, when fetching south- run-
niag water, 280 Salve, fairy eye, 208, 209, 210 Samara, payment of ;< kladka" at, 479 Samoyedes, endogamy among, 452 , marriage by purchase among,
453 Saratoff, bridal custom of Moksha of,
450 Saratov, payment of "kladka" at,
479-480
Sasalkadzi, Badu legendary hero, 80 Sayce (A. H.), "Folk-lore from Cairo,"
521-523 Scandinavia, succession custom in,
200
sceptre. See " Gade-sceptre." Schadrinsk, exogamy in, 475 Schechter (S.), " Rabbinic Parallel to
a Story of Grimm," 277-278 ;
" Riddles of Solomon in Rabbinic
Literature," 349-358 Scorpion charm, Greek, 165 Scotch and English fairy tales, 289-
312 Scotland, belief that burial of dead
man's boots lays ghost, in, 135
, ill-luck in stumbling on \
threshold (Highland belief), 156 j
Scotland, objection to fighting on St. Mary Magdalene's Day, in, 279
, superstitions in (Inverness- shire), 276
Sea, customs of throwing aged men into, 202
Sea-fairies, penalty for divulging secrets of, 212
Sea-foam, conception from (Finn folk- lore), 331
Seal, Finnish account of origin of, 34
skin, belief in protection of,
against lightning, 154
Sebillot (Paul ), letter to President of Folk-lore Society of, 4-5
Secrecy observed in proposing mar- riage among Mordvins, 422
Security for suitability of bride and bridegroom, Manchu custom, 483
Seeds, conception from eating, in Badu legend, 50
Separation, Mordvin objection to, ^451
Serur (S. Mahratta), female nudity in religious festivals at, 223
Servia, bride purchase customs in, 478
, tribal connection of brother
and sister in, 472 Sesere, the Dugong Hunter (legend
of Torres Straits), 69-75 Sessay, giant legend at, (130 ; giant's
grave at, 130 Seven Brothers and Fin Maccumhail
(West Highland tale;, 257 Sever, Nestor's account of habits of,
464 Shadow lost by gazing into water,
152 Shaking Head (West Highland tale),
257 Sheba, Queen of, tests Solomon's
wisdom, 133-135, 350-355 Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gairo
(West Highland tale), 257 Sheep killed to make boat lucky
(Egyptian belief), 523 Shelley, apparition of himself to, 227 Shells used as knives by natives of
Torres Straits, 79 Shrewsbury, tradition of Queen
watching battle at, 319 Shropshire, hiring times in, 315 ;
apple begging in, 315 ; Mothering
Sunday observed in, 315 ; well- dressing in, 316 ; giant legends in,
321 Siberia, endogamous marriages in,
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