478
Index,
storm, Hebrides, 33 ; of stranger's coming, St. Briavel's, 171
Onions : " eaters of onions," village sobriquet, Avalon, 384
Ophir : Keane's The Gold of Ophir, Whence brought and by Whom, re- viewed, 218-9
Opossum: as totem name, W. Aus- tralia, 356
Orange River Colony, see Bloemfon- tein ; and Boer
Oraons : wedding dance, 242
Ordeals : Bozdars, 263 ; Malays, 136,
145
Ordish, T, F., The Mumming-Play and other Vestiges of Folk-Drama in the British Isles, 296-7
Origin of the Woma and Kapiri, a Wonkanguru Legend, 409
Origin of Totem Names and Beliefs, The, by A. Lang, 339, 347-91
Otter : liver gives power of curing burns &c. , Hebrides, 56 ; male, enchanted, Hebrides, 35 ; " otter spot " on human body, Hebrides, 61
Otterboiirne, ballad of, 1 96-7
Oudh, see Mathura
Outlaw Murray, ballad of the, 191 -2
Overlooking, see Evil Eye
Owl : a baker's daughter, Kennet Valley, 421 ; as death omen, St. Briavel's, 172
Oxford : St. Frideswida, 214
Oxfordshire: {see also '^2>.i\.oxi; Charl- bury ; Chipping Norton ; Culham ; Dorchester ; Ducklington ; En- stone ; Headington ; Hoar Stones ; Kirtlington ; Lidstone ; Long Compton ; Newnham Murren ; Oxford ; Rollright Stones ; Salford ; Stanton Harcourt ; Stanton St. John ; Steeple Barton ; Tetsworth ; rt;;i^ Witney) ; Stray Notes on Ox- fordshire Folklore, by P. Manning, 114, 288-95
Pace eggs, Hebrides, 40
Paint, green, as cure for ailments, Transvaal, 70
Palestine : (,see also Bethsaida ; Caper- naum ; Corozaim ; Hebron ; and Olivet, Mount) ; in Encyclopadia Biblica, 218 ; Paton's The Early History of Syria attd Palestine reviewed, 442-3
Palm : (see also Areca palm ; a}id
Coco-nut palm) ; birches from
leaf ribs used in divination,
Penang, 143-4 : goat starved in
branches of, "long ju-ju," Niger
delta, 169 Palm Sunday : " Flowering Sunday,"
St. Briavel's, 1 74-5 ; Hebrides, 32,
40 ; pace eggs on, Hebrides, 40 Palm-wine, charm used in collecting,
Malays, 163 Pamphlets presented to Folk-Lore
Society, see Books Pancakes : on Soft Tuesday, St-
Briavel's, 174 Pandi, in Wonkanguru and Urabunna
legend, 413-4 Pando, see Hope, Lake Papers read at meetings of Folk- Lore
Society, i, 3, 6,23-5, 113-5, 225-6,
337, 339-40 Papuans : collection of folklore from,
311 Paradise, 218 Paradise (Kennet Valley) : folklore
from, 418-20 Paris : astrological prophecies as- cribed to, 125 Parvati, consort of Siva, in Indian
folktale, 80 Passover, The, 218, 239 Patani : skulls feed on soul, 152 Patrick, Saint, see St. Patrick Pattini, smallpox goddess : priests of share in Perahera festival, Kandy,
77-9 Peacock : derivation of Hebrew term,
219 Peacock, E., Boer Folk-Medicine
and some Parallels, 182-3 > Eggs
in Witchcraft, 431 Peacock, Miss M., The Calenig or
Gift, 202-3 Peat, burning : carried sunwise at
Hallowe'en, Hebrides, 56 ; in
cure for inflamed udders, Hebrides,
Peesweep, as village sobriquet, 386 Pelesit, pet and precursor of evil spirit or polong, Malays, 150-1,
'57
Penang : divination, 143-4
Peplow : speedy growth of tradition,
107 Perahera procession, Kandy, 77-9 Perak : magic at, 136 Persia, 218 : {see also Mekran ; and
Sistan) ; Potter's Sohrab and Rus-
