Index.
Ladycow, see Ladybird
Lakes : {see also Burcoot ; Eyre ; and
Hope) ; in dreams sign of death,
Hebrides. 51 ; reeds from not used
in thatching, Hebrides, 3 1 -2
Lai Shahbaz, Balochi shrine, 262
Lamb, see Sheep
Lame Gods, by L. Kennedy, 8S-9,
C. Australia, 409
Lanarkshire, see Glasgow
Lancashire: {see also Bolton-le-Moors;
Manchester ; and Warrington) ;
' lifting ' custom, 249
Lang, A. : communications by, 75-9,
183-4 ; Exogamy and the Austra-
lian System, 340, 398-402 ; The
Making of Religion discussed by
E. W. Brabro'ok, 16-23 ; The
Origin of Totem Names and Be-
Hefs, 339, 347-91 ; The Sources of
Some Ballads in the " Border JIin-
strelsy," 191-97 ; Tree Worship,
90-1
Langat (Selangor) : palm-blossom
dance, 137-40
Lango tribes (Nile) : blood-brother-
hood, how to annul, 430
Langsuir, ghost of women dead in
childbirth, Malays, 135
Lantern on table unlucky, St. Bria-
vel's, 172
Lantern slides, scheme for providing, 9
Lapwing : in fable, Hebrides, 35 ;
words of cry, Hebrides, 35
Largitzen : village sobriquet, 384
Lark : bird of Mary, Hebrides, 39 ;
crested, sacred, Hebrides, 36 :
skylark, good omen, Hebrides, 49
Larrakia tribe, religious beliefs of, 17-8
Lasharis, Balochi tribe, 254-5, 257-8,
267, 273
Laurin, King, see King Laurin
Lecture committee, 7, 9
Leechcraft, see Medical folklore
Leeds : folk-song, 92
Left : omens from shrike seen on,
Baloches, 264 ; unlucky side,
Baloches, 264
Legharis, Balochi tribe, 258, 267-8
Leinster, see Dublin county ; and
Meath
Lemon: in divination, Penang, 143-4.
-5
Lemon-tree : names for parts of,
Penang, 155 ; revered, Penang,
-5
Leopard ; mask, Benin, 440
Leprosy, among Hebrews, 218
Letter of Toledo, The, by M.
Gaster, 114-34
Levitation, in Malay literature, 135
Lhiannan-Shee, familiar spirit, Isle
of Man, 187
Liar : cause of devil removing side
fins from trout, Hebrides, 36-7
Library of Folk-Lore Society, see
Books
Lichen : blood of angels of Aurora
Borealis, Hebrides, 44
Lichfield : St. Chad, 215
Licht tend Nebelgeister : Ein Beitrag
ziir Sageu- iind Mdrchenkitnde, by
K. Amersbach, reviewed, 22 1 -2
Lidstone : traditional battle, 295
Life index : pipul tree as, Bengal. 283
Lifting of men by women, and women
by men, 247-51
Lifting of the Bride, The, by W.
Crooke, 225, 226-51
Lifu : taboo laid by influential man,
.366-7
Lightning : attracted by firstborn
children, N.W. India, 188, 278,
Telingana, 63 ; omen of calamity,
from, Punjab, 64 ; yew branches
avert, Spain, 32
Lily: white-lily root ointment, Xennet
Valley, 420
Lime-fruit : divination from, Malays,
155 ; soul abducted into bunch of,
Alalays, 155 ; used in ceremonial
bathing, Malays, 155
Lincoln : St. Hugo, 217
Lincolnshire : {see also Boston ;
Bottesford ; Croyland ; Gains-
borough ; Grantham ; Kirton-in-
Lindsey ; and Lincoln) ; bride
lifted over threshold, 242 ;
Christmas boughs, 202 ; frumity-
eating seasons, 92 ; jingle from, 91
Lindisfarne, see Holy Island
Lindors : witchcraft at, 175
Lips : omen from itching of, Hebrides,
Liver : as central life organ, 219 ;
seat of affections, Dieyeri tribe,
405-6
Lizard : {sec also Iguana) ; in Balochi
story, 273 ; black, man perfected
from, Dieyeri tribe, 403 ; house,
classed with crocodile, Malays,
157 ; man at first in form of,
Dieyerie tribe, 18; as totem. New
Caledonia, 353 ; in Urabunna
