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Chseronea : priestly king at, 371, 394 ; Zeus sceptre worshipped,
371 Chalcedon : priesthood of Asclepius, 376 ; temporary priestly kings, 394 Chalcis : Argus on vase from, 288 Cha-na-dorje, Tibetan deity, 332 Changelings : Bedaween beliefs, 348 ;
Egin, 445 Channel islands, see Alderney ;
Guernsey ; Jersey : and Sark Cha-ra-si, Tibetan deity, 332 Charila solemnity, Delphi, 402-3,
408 Charila, the story of, Delphi, 313-4,
402-3 Chariot wheel as sjTnbol of sun,
Greece, 270 Charm against Toothache, by H. M.
Bower, 350 Charms and spells : see also Amulets and talismans) ;
against — barrenness. East Central Africa, 73 ; demons and evil spirits, Basutos, 246 ; disease. East Indies, 163 ; erj'sipelas, Guernsey, 123; evil eye, Ireland, 458-9, Jews, 95 {plate), 190, 193 j ghosts, Jamaica, 89, 207, 456 ; hiccup, Jamaica, 454 ; mumps, Ireland, 460 ; poverty, China, 163 ; rheumatism, Mon- mouthshire, 76 ; smallpox, Buro, 163 ; theft, Basutos, 247-8 ; E. Central Africa, 72 ; toothache, Monmouthshire, 76, Pembroke- shire, 129, 196-7, Ross-shire, 350 ; warts, Ireland, 460 ; wast- ing away, Syria, 348 ; whooping cough, Ireland, 460 : witchcraft, E. Central Africa, 72-3 ; Basutos, 246-8 : Bonde, 73 ; Guern- sey, 120 ; love potions and spells, Jerusalem, 187, Sicily, 128, Torres Straits, 356 ; to ensure baby walk- ing soon, Jamaica, 454 ; to find thief, Jamaica, 93, 456 ; for hunt- ing, Malays, 157 ; to kill thief, Jamaica, 92, 455-6; to obtain beard, Ireland ; 238 ; passing through St. John's bonfire, Kincardineshire, 106 ; to prevent horse winning race, Jamaica, 206 ; rain-making, Armenia, 428-35, Crete and Greece, 214, New Caledonia, 161, Russia, 161 ; for second sight, Basutos, 246 ; to induce sleep, Jamaica,
208 ; to stop horse, Jamaica, 455 ; Tibet, I, 95 {plate)
Charm-boxes : medieval, 95 {plate) ; Tibet, 95 {plate)\
Charyong Pass : votive offering, 447- 50 {plate)
Chersonesus, Thracian : {see also Aegospotami ; and Panticapaeum) temporary priestly kings, 394
Chestnut-tree : fi^it the acorn of Zeus, 299
Cheviots, The : social customs, 341-3
Chickens, see Fowls
Childbirth customs and beliefs, see Birth customs and beliefs
Children : early death of, exorcism to avert, Jerusalem, 187-8 : fed by goat &c., Basutos, 251 ; not weaned &c. without leave of doctor or father, Basutos, 250-1 : under year old carried round bonfires. Candle- mas, Egin, 437
Children's games, see Games
Child-stealing monster type of folk- tale, 62-3
Chin : omen from, Ireland, 462
China : charm against poverty, 163 ; pole-star worship, 118
Chindwin river : customs of Ganans,
3.34-5 Chinese, ghosts of, malignant, Jamaica,
211 Chingali tribe, see TjingTlli tribe Chinyanja folktales, 126 Chios : temporar}- priestly kings, 394 ;
titles of Zeus at, 270, 273 Chough, red-legged ; witch takes
shape of, Guernsey, 123 Christmas : punch thrown to duppies,
Jamaica, 214 Christmas Eve : bonfire of vine stems
to warm Magi, Ourfa, 438 Chrysippus, rope of, 389 Chthonian deities, 275-9, 281-2, 291,
314, 412-3, 421 Church : animal sacrificed at door of,
for sins of dead, Armenia and
Georgia, 438 ; wall, burial in,
Grosmont, 86 Churingas, Australia, 467 Churning customs and beliefs : Ireland,
458-60 : Todas, 166-81 Clan, the dog, at battle of Cattraeth,
205 Cilicia, see Diocsesarea Circle on door keeps out duppy,
Jamaica, 207
