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Index.
marriage ceremonies, Basutos, 542 ; ram in folktale, Somalis, 320 ; ram of Phrixiis and Helle, 271, 393, as symbol of sun, Greeks, 270-1, 305 ; ram sacrificed to Zeus, 382 ; ram's skin slept on for dream oracle, Oropus, 272 ; ram's skin yearly on statue of Zeus, Thebes, 271 ; ram's skin of sacrifice the fleece of Zeus, 272 ; sacrificed, Feast of Assump- tion, &c., Armenia, 439
Sheftield : folktale, 103
Shell : ornament of as love charm, Australia, 159, 163 ; snail, buried at threshold to injure, E. Central Africa, 69, and in witch doctor's kit, E. Central Africa, 73
Shetland islands : folklore of, 8
Shinbone, omen from itching of, Ire- land, 462
Ship as symbol of sun, Greece, 270
Shire Highlands, see Mang'anja tribe
Shoe : in charm necklace, Yemen Jews, 191 {.plate) ; military, Greeks, 410
Shoemaker, fairy, Ireland, 340-1
Shooting stars, see Meteors
Shrewsbury : soul cakes, i
Slirike : Muntwontwa, Upper Congo,
330-1 Shrines : Korea, 447-50 Shropshire : {see also Shrewsbury) ;
folktales, 85, 104 Shwebo district (Burmah) : origin of
Ganans, 335 Shwegyaung : Shwe-hmu or tax-
gatherer,customs about, 334-5 Shwe-hmu, The, or Burmese Tax- gatherer, by D. Shearme, 334-5 Sibokos, or forbidden animals of
Bantu tribes, 203-5 Sicily : (^cJi-a/j-^Agrigentum ; Catana ;
Messina ; Palermo : Syracuse ; and
Tauromenium) ; folklore of, 128 ;
triskeles, 270 Sickle, golden, to cut sacred olive,
Olympia, 400 Sicyon : log dedicated in sanctuary,
414 ; poetess Praxilla, 389 Sidon : Zeus as sea-god, 269 Siegfried sagas : length of recollection
in, 23 Sieve used in rain-making, Russia,
161 Sigai, totem hero. Yam island, 358 Signs and omens, see Omens Silk cotton tree : cutting down re-
quires offering to duppies, Jamaica,
209 Silver : coin used in magic against
thief, Jamaica, 92 ; cross immersed
in sea, Epiphany, Crete, 214 ; un- lucky in dream, Jamaica, 211, 456^ Simla : fetishism, 223 Sinclair, Hon. Mrs., exhibit by, 130 Sindhi dialect, 222 Sin-eating, see Death and funeral
customs and beliefs Singleton, A. H., Dairy Folklore,
and other Notes from Meath and
Tipperary, 457-62 Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle, by
Miss J. L. Weston, reviewed, 239 Sithon, King, see King Sithon Sitting on table unlucky, Jamaica,
213 Sivas: pigeon let fly, Vartevar festival,
430 Skeleton in rain-making. New Cale- donia, 161 Sketch of building in which employed
unlucky, Jamaica, 207 Skin, human : diseases, cure for, E.
Central Africa, 73 ; white spots
follow cannibalism, Basutos, 245 Skins : of sacrificial animals slept on
for dream, Oropus, 272 Skull: bones in rosary, Tibet, 243; as
drum, Tibet, 243, 333 {plate);
skulls built into temple, Greek
myths, 377, 382 Sky-God, The European, by A. B.
Cook, 264-315, 369-426 Skyrrid : earth from used as church
foundations, 349, or to sprinkle on
coffin, 349; folklore from, 85-6, 349;
sacred, 349 Slavonic peoples : {see also Bulgaria ;
Macedonia : Russia ; and Servia) ;
god of, 264 Sleep, charm to induce, Jamaica, 208 Smallpox, charm against. Euro, 163 Smelling, blessing at, Jerusalem, 187 Smith, jNliss P. C, recitation by, 243 Smoke leads to thief s house, Jamaica,
93
Smoking weed keeps duppy away, Jamaica, 90
Snail: shell buried at threshold to injure, E. Central Africa, 69, and in witch-doctor's kit, E. Central Africa, 73
Snake : adder has four legs, Mon- mouthshire, 86, 349 ; Apollo and
