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Index.
Harz Mountains, squirrel hunted, Easter, 251
Hatav, see Avezuha
Haunted house freed by bread and salt, Cairo, 389
Hawk, clan of Wyandot Indians, 192 ; encouraged to nest on house to pro- tect, S. Germany, 244 ; sacrificed to Woden, 84
Hawk moth, see Moth
Hay harvest, removal from farm- house to upland shieling at, Bedd Gelert, 424
Head of corpse placed between legs, Iceland, Sardinia, and Venice,
413 . .
Head of sacrificed animal specially sacred, 249
Headless ghost, Wiltshire, 347
Hebrew charms against Lilith, 148-50, 155-7
Hebrew legends adapted in Cairene folktales, 378-9
Hebrew synagogue music, 418
Hebrides, see Lewis ; and South Uist
Hebrides, Folklore from the, IV., by M. MacPhail, 439-50
Hedgehog, caught before St. George's Day, 255
Heimdallr, cult of tribal origin, 295
Helensburgh, touching dead, 210
Heligoland, local cult, 295
Helwan, afrit does mischief, 390 ; afrit made to fish by blind school- master, 391 ; afrit takes form of sheep as trap, 391-2 ; festival of Abu Sirya, 393 ; ginna seen near, 388 ; hidden treasure, 385-6 ; palm- tree haunted by afrit of man who fell from it, 389 ; springs at, folk- tale of, 378
Hemicrania, cure for, Secunderabad, 218
Hen, dies with owner, Thuringia, 237 ; eaten ceremonially, Lithu- ania, 260 ; feathers not used in beds, 243 ; The Little Red Hen, 106
Herda, crow or magpie nailed in stable, 255
Heremod, son of Woden, 86-7
Herod, in Russian charm, 154
Herring, sacrificed, 254
Hertfordshire, see Barnet.
Hesse : i^see also Bingen ; and Wet- terau) ; animal ancestors, 233-4 ; stags' heads as gable ornaments, 322
Hessen-Nassau, sec Ausbach.
Hidden treasure, see Treasure, hidden
Hide of tiger cat assumed to obtain dreams, Borneo, 177
Highlands : {see also Argyllshire ; Ross-shire ; and Sutherlandshire) ; hymns and incantations orally col- lected in, 419-21 ; superstitions orally collected in, 422-3
Himalaya tribes, sister mart age among, 405
Hind, see Deer
Hindostan, see India
Hindu Rush, ceremonial fights, 19
Hindu Notes, by M. N. Venka- taswami, 218-9
Hledra in Seeland, sanctuary at, 83
Iloli feast in India, 18, 218
Holland, popular month-names in, 209
Holm (Lewis), fairy dog's tooth heals or sets house on fire, 450-2
Holstein, animal ancestors, 234 ; carp eaten, Christmas, 259 ; first bee seen killed and put in purse, 254 ; greasy pig caught, 251-2 ; pigeon sacrificed, 253
Holy Virgin, in Greek folktale, 453 ; in Rumanian charms, 129-32
Holy water, sprinkled on horses &c. before beginning spring ploughing, S. Uist, 439
Holy Week, gardening prospers in, Dorset, 112
Honie7-ic Hymns, The ; A New Prose Translation, and Essays, Literary and Mythological, by A. Lang, reviewed, 198-200
Hopi Indians, beliefs and customs of, 225
Horn of snake, as charm for snake- bite and newly-wedded, Cyprus, 120-5 ; Cos, 321
Hornchurch, horns as gable orna- ments, 322
Horns as gable ornaments, 322
Horns of Honour, and other Studies in the By-ways of Archaology, by F. T. Elworthy, reviewed, 402
Horse, black, of archangel Alichael, in Rumanian charm, 131-2 ; carried in procession, 258 ; cured by white witch, Devon, 215 ; head as gable ornament, 265, 322-3 ; human being as, 236 ; in folktales, 204 ; killed by water drop in ear, Cairo, 380 ;
