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Index.
Crow, Dove, Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, Hen, Humming-bird, Jay, Lightning-bird, Little Hawk, Maina, Mountain grouse, Nightin- gale, Ntengu, Owl, Parrot, Pea- cock, Pigeons, Swallow, Swan, Talker-bird, Vultures, Woodpecker, red-headed.
as mitama-form after death,
Japan, 321
Birds affected by music, India, 415
' sanimas,' Finland, 107
talking, etc., Indian folklore,
416, 417
Bird's eggs, in May garlands, 444 Bird-skin dress of Sukuna-bikona,
309 Birth auguries, old German, 116 Birth customs and beliefs, see Bar- renness, Bath, Caul, 476 (of the Crewes), loi ; Couvade, 119, 221 ; Fatal child-birth, B. Co- lumbia, 206 ; Japanese Customs, 300, 310-12 ; non-natural, see Baiame a«^ Japanese Myth ; Lucky and unlucky days to be born on, Greek Isles, 153, Hebrides, 268 ; Midnight Children and their Gifts, Lincolnshire, 115 ; Tree-planting, India and England, 403-4 ; Twins and their mothers, Baronga tribe, 227 Birthdays, verses on the days of the
week in connection with, 349 Black boar's fleece in magic, 163
cock, lucky, Hebrides, 269
Death, how brought to Norway,
460-1
Dog of Bungay, 476
fowls' egg laid on Thursday in
love philtre, 169
handled knife in charms, i6'?,
168
Hill, Dorset, Bronze age camp
at, 479
stone bound on forehead for
strength, Cos, 179
Black-thorn, crown made of, Here- fordshire, 489
wool, etc., in charms, 279
Blaze-night customs, loi
Blazing the wheat, 101
Blessed Etienne de la Porretta, body half encased in a pillar, 361
Blessing of animals and things, Hebrides, 260, 270 ; Greek Isles, 161
Blessing of father, importance of,
Greek Isles, 495 Blood, (cock's or human) to prevent
transformation of treasure trove,
Greek Isles, 182 ; in love philtre,
169 ; used in foundations of house,
Ireland, 118 Blood-feud regulations, Australia, 238 " Blue " used for "Green " and why,
Hebrides, 265 Blue beads uses of, 154
jay, origin of, 213
Boats, blessing of, Hebrides, 260 ;
unlucky after carrying coffin, 272 Bodies of enemies strangled and
exposed, Indian tales, 442 Body of holy man half-buried in a
pillar, 361 Boiling washing- water, twice unlucky,
Hebrides, 271 Bologna, saint half-buried in a pillar
at, 361 Bones, burnt to bring rain, 230 ; dice
made of dead men's, 418 Bonfires on St. John's Eve, Cos, 179 Books presented to Folk-Lore Society,
58, 60, 258, 324, 444
published by the same, 65
Bora or mysteries of the Australian
natives, 18, 19, institution of, 492
Bordjan funeral customs, 229 ; in- heritance in female line among, ib.
Boundary streams limiting power of Evil Eye, Hebrides, 278
Bravalla, battle of, 220
Bread, loaf of, and quicksilver used to discover drowned body, II4-5
Breaking ornaments as sign of grief, India, 439
Breath, divination by, India, 438 ; identified with life, /(5., 415 ; power of, when blown in the face, Dorset, 488
Brewin, Australian God, attributes of,
Bridge of Antimachia, legend of, 182
of Dread, 349
Bristol, children's games at " Lamp- out," 336, " Cock-warning," 337
Britain, date of arrival of Gypsies in, 241
and Folklore, (Presidential
Address) by A. Nutt, 7 1
British Columbia, folklore of, " Sqaktktquaclt " or the Benign- faced, the Cannes of the Ntlaka- pamuq, by C. Hill-Tout, 195
