Lethe, 302
Levitical taboos, 43, 47
Libations, in Indian folktales, 406
Lice, 196-7
Life after death (sec Immortality), belief in attested by human sacrifice, early Japan, 322
restored to dead children by crocodile, 224
Life-token or Index, Indian folktales, 403
Lights seen on graves, and raths. Ireland, 362
Lightning-bird of the Baronga, 227-8
Lincolnshire, folklore. Death-warning, 248, Devil, Lincoln Minster and Lincoln College, and parallels, 357; Lincoln Imp, 359-60; Midnight Children and their gifts, 115; nails in skull, 457; wind and weather-holes, 249
Lind-worms, Scandinavian folklore, 460
Lines of Fate, Indian folklore, 432
Linghorn (Lincoln) College over-looked by the Devil, 358
Lions, winged, Indian folktales, 419
Lithuania, thunder-god of, 329
Littérature Orale de l'Auvergne, par Paul Sebillot, reviewed by Mabel Peacock, 333
Little finger, blood from to prevent transformation of treasure trove, 182
Hawk as totem, 237
Red Hen, (and parallel tales), by P. Redmond, 116, by M. Peacock, 361
Liverpool, auguries in Psalter-binding at University College, 115
Lizard, legends of, 182, 238
and serpent version of the Potiphar story, Indian folklore, 416
Local Folklore Meetings, in London, initiated by Miss Grove, 67
Localities, lucky and unlucky, Hebrides, 268
Locking doors during marriage ceremony, Neston, 350
Loki, 305
Log in bed to deceive, 199
wife, 209, 210
Lombards, the, 454
London, death-custom, 254, 477
Lönnrot, and the Kalcvala, 105
Lost things, beans used to discover, 154
Lots, casting of, Greek Isles, 155, 183
Louth. County, Traditions and Superstitions, by B. J. Jones, 119
Love philtres, Cos, 169, 170;
Lover's heart caused to be eaten by faithless wife, Indian folktales, 442
Lubbar-fiend, the, 360
Luck, 101, 153, and the sampo or sammas, 107
Luckbringer, various forms of, 107
Lucky and unlucky days and deeds, Greek Isles, 153, 183; Hebrides, 267, 268; Yorkshire, 349
gifts, seasons, persons, etc., Indian folklore, 434-5
Luritcha tribe. Central Australia, terms of relationship, 234
Lustration water, drunk by patient, 167
Magic, (see Charms and Witchcraft), and divination in the Southern Sporades, 151
as differentiated from Miracles, India, 402
arrows, 418; colours in, see under names, dresses, 496, 498; in Egypt, 230; in Iceland, 460; metals, see copper, iron, lead; numbers, Indian folklore, 418; laurel used in, 155, mirrors used in, 171, 230
rites, Australia, 236
songs of the Finns, 105, 106, 325, 331
sympathetic, India, 403
Magic, The, of the Horseshoe, with other Folklore Notes, by Robt. M. Lawrence, reviewed by F. Peacock. 456
Maina bird, the, 415
Malik, King of Egypt, and parallels, 230, his religion, 231
Mallorca, folklore of, see Aplech de Rondayes
Man dressed as woman and spinning, Hebrides, 271
island fatal to, see Eriskay
Mangarrah, Australian god, 33
Mango trees as life-tokens, India, 403, talking, ib., 417
Manoro, disease, Africa, 286
March, cattle-switching in, Cos, 179; cock hatched in, effective against evil spirits, 263
