Index.
489
Utyia, in Wonkanguni and Urabunna legend, 413-4
Vampires : Malay Peninsula, 151-2
Varlis : marriage rites, 243
Vasu custom, Samoa, 75-6, and Fiji, 199-201
Vegetation souls, see Corn spirits, vegetation souls, and the like
Venkatasvami, M. N., Puli Raja or the Tiger Prince, 79-83
Vessel Cup, The, by E. Lovett, and E. W. Clarke, 94-6
Vice-Presidents, election of, 4
Victoria, see Gippsland
Victoria, Queen, see Queen Victoria
Vine-grafting : girl who grafts must not touch ground, 241
Virgin Mar}', The : alleged appear- ances in Dordogne and Tuscany, 90-1 ; in folklore of Hebrides, 36, 39> 57-8 ; represented in the vessel cup, Yorkshire, 94-6
Vishnu : priests of, share in Pera- hera festival, Kandy, 77-9 ; title of, N. India, 189
Wahpeton tribe ; group names, 388
Wales : {see also Anglesea ; Glamor- ganshire : and Monmouthshire) ; bridal pair "chaired" and tied for blackmail. 231-2 ; John's The Ma- biiiogion reviewed, 330- 1 ; 7107-th, ' lifting ' custom, Easter, 248-9 ; saints in Nova Legenda A7iglie, 212, 217
Walkley : butterfly charm, 432
Wall (Salop) : place rhymes, 391-3
Walnut-tree : leaves used in charm for warts, Kennet Valley, 420
Walpole : St. Godric born at, 217
Warrington : 'lifting' custom, Easter, 249
Warts, charms and cure for, Kennet Valley, 420
Warukatti the Emu, a Tale of the Dieri, 407-8
Warwickshire : ' heaving ' custom, 249
Washing cursed on Good Friday and next 5 Fridays, Kennet Valley, 423
Wassailing, see Christmas
Water : {see also Lakes ; Rivers and Streams ; Springs ; a7td Wells) ; in
charm against ' trikhal ' birth, Pun- jab, 65 ; in dreams, as omens, Hebrides, 51 ; poured over white cloth, near grave, Japan, 276-7 ; protects from bhuts, Bengal, 282 ; trickling over sickle, as remedy, Hebrides, 57 Water divination : Malays, 145,
Water-finding by Balochi saints, 260-
I, 262-3 Water spirits : Kabi tribe, 19 ; in
shape of black dog, Faroe islands,
Wearmouth : St. Benedict Biscop, 215
Weather : weather sayings, St. Briavel's, 172
Wedding customs and beliefs, see Marriage customs and beliefs
Wednesday : {see also Ash Wednes- day) ; songs composed on, Hebrides,
49 Week, days of, see Friday ; Monday ;
Saturday; Thuisday ; Tuesday;
Wednesday ; a/id Sunday Wellington (Salop) : first money spat
on, 430 ; man or dark person lucky,
430 Wells: at Balochi shrines, 262 ; w-ater from Barrow well drunk for colds, St. Briavel's, 173 ; worship, Ireland,
324 Wells (Norfolk) : witchcraft, 431 Wenlock : Milburga. abbess of, 214 Weregild: early tribal, 99-100 ; among
Baloches, 271-2 ; greater, if blood
touches ground, Anglo-Saxon, 100 Wer-wolf, 364-5 ; wer-tiger, Malays,
157 ; wer-bears. Baloches. 265 W^est : land of deadin. Vorke's Penin.,
18 West Australia : kobongs or totems,
361 ; totem names from food supply,
356 . .
West Indies : enceinte woman does
not step over rods &c. , 237 Westmoreland : ' lifting ' custom,
New Year's Day, 247 Westphalia : Ss. Hewald, 215 Westruther : harvest customs and
beliefs, 178-9 Whelk : if roasted causes famine,
Hebrides, 37 Whirlwind : in Yaurorka legend,
410-2 Whistling : on boat calls up wind,
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