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bodies in form of, Greeks, 3S7 ; in story of Ueirdre, 35 ; as symbol of sun, Greece, 270 ; terrestrial Zeuses changed into, Greeks, 3S6-92
Biredjik : folklore from, 428
Birth customs and beliefs : {see also Twins) ; amulet and shears under mother's pillow, Egin, 445 ; April 1st birthday of fools, Jamaica, 456 ; Australia, 467 ; baby given pot- black in milk, Jamaica, 454 ; baby's clothes not beaten in washing, Jamaica, 455 ; baby's feet charmed for early walking, Jamaica, 454 ; baby's head shaved on second day, Basutos, 250 ; baby not taken out for 40 days, without sign of Cross, Egin, 445-6; barrenness, charm to remove, E. Central Africa, 73, exorcism for, Jerusalem, 1 87-8 ; bread under baby's pillow, Egin, 446 ; caul enables to see ghosts, Jamaica, 210, 452; firesticks must not be given away, Jamaica, 454 ; first birth, customs in regard to, Basutos, 249-50 ; gift necessary from finder of baby's first tooth, Jamaica, 454 ; killing insect in house unlucky, Jamaica, 455 ; maternity spirit, Basutos, 248-9 ; mother must not speak to one out- side, Jamaica, 454 ; Psalms attached to curtains &c. at childbirth, Jeru- salem, 186 ; taking child through window makes thief, Jamaica, 455 ; Torres Straits, 356 ; VVhit-jNIonday unlucky birthday, Ireland, 347 ; wife's relatives paid for each child born, Torres Straits, 357
Birthday, unlucky wedding day, Jamaica, 213
Birth of Libanza, The, Congo folk- tale, 327-9
Bisclaveret, folktale of, 63-5
Bithynia : {see also Bebryces ; Chal- cedon ; Heraclea Pontica ; and Prusa) ; ritual of Zeus, 273
Bitlis : folklore from, 428
Black : Cha-na-dorje, Tibetan deity, 332 ; of raven in story of Deirdre, 27, 29-30
Black animals, see Animals in folk- lore ; Dog ; Hen ; Raven ; and Sheep
Blackbeetle : as omen, Jamaica, 208
Blackbird : omens from, Jamaica, 208, 453
Black, G. F., County Folk Lore, vol. iii., 8
Bladen, W. Wells, exhibit by, 130
Blantyre : folktales, 344
Blind -Man, The, Somali folktale, 324
Blinds, window, see Window blinds
Blood : colour of, in story of Deirdre, 27, 29-30 ; drunk and burnt to hinder ghost, Jamaica, 88, 206 ; smeared over magic sticks, E. Cen- tral Africa, 70
Bloodhound, see Dog
Blue : amulets &c. against evil eye, Jerusalem, 189 ; beads in charm against barrenness, E. Central Africa, 73 ; round wound prevents rotting, Jamaica, 89
Bluestone : in gun to shoot duppy, Jamaica, 94
Boat as symbol of sun, Greece, 270
Bobangi people : Nyambe the de- stroyer, 327
Body snatching by witches, E. Central Africa, 70
Boeotia : {see also Aulis ; Chseronea ; Cilhaeron, Mount; Coronea ; Gal- axium ; Helicon, Mount ; Leb- adea ; Libethrius Mount ; JNIelas river ; Oropus ; Platxa ; and Thebes) ; Atalanta, story of, 380 ; Daphnephoria, 409-10 ; King Xanthus, story of, 396
Bonde tribe : a medicine-man's kit, 3, 68-74 {plate)
Bones, animal : bladebone, if not pricked, witch's ship, Guernsey, 123; "throwing the bones," Basutos, 246-7 ; of sacrifice must be burnt, Basutos, 257
Bones, human : as drum, Tibet, 243, 333-4 {plate) ; as rosary, Tibet, 243 ; as trumpet, Tibet, 243, 333-4 ( plate) ; used to pound medicines, E. Central Africa, 73
Bonfires, see Fire
Book of Baglan, 349
Books presented to Folk-Lore Society, 2-3, 131, 243
Boots : not to be cleaned on feet, Jamaica, 207
Boreas the wind god, 284
Borneo : {see also Dyaks) ; stones pro- tect fruit-trees, 161-2
Bourze, Armenian hero, 220
Bourzo, son of Sohrab, 220
Bower, H. M., Charm against Tooth- ache, 350
