Index.
519
Cawdor Castle : hawthorn, 172-3 Celebes : lycanthropy, 262 Celtchair, champion of Ulster, 70 Celts: early institutions, 51 1; lin- guistic divisions, 27 ; sky-god, 27-
71, 141-73 Central America : calendar systems
&c., 13 Ceres, statuette of, Lydney Park, 40 Ceri of Gubbio, The, by H. M.
Bower, 9 Cesair, granddaughter of Noah, 154 Champ d'loux : wren freed annually,
270 Changelings : change prevented by charmed mistletoe, Perthshire, 319 Charms and spells : {see also Amulets and talismans) ;
against — backache, 278 ; barren- ness, Amazulu, 483 ; cattle ailments, Ireland, 7, 30 ; dis- eases, Amazulu, 483, Philip- pines, 122; epilepsy, Bantu, 250; freckles, Germany &c., 278-9 ; evil eye, Beauly, 7 ; fairies, Perthshire, 319 ; mumps, Bantu, 250; witchcraft, Perth- shire, 319 ; churingas as love charms, Aus- tralia, 491 ; to find swarm of bees, 278; toguardin battle, Perthshire, 319; to obtain rain, Grosselfingen, 272; weatherspells, Iceland, 424-5 Charnwood Poorest : [see also Bradgate Hall) ; oaks in sympathy with Lady Jane Grey, 323 Chase, J. Smeaton : exhibits by, i, 7,
72-3 (plate) Chatillon - sur - Seine : ' bachelette '
custom. Good Friday, 280 Chepara tribe : marital terms and
organisation, 179, 181, 185 Chepstow, see Lydney Park Cherokee Indians : annual festival of
purification, 262
Chestnut, wild : as amulet, Spain,
464 [plate) ; seeds used as amulets
so named, Spain, 467 (plate)
Chicha, UnitedStatesof Columbia, 481
Chicome coatl, maizp goddess,
Mexico, 127 Childbirth customs and beliefs, see
Birth customs and beliefs Childermas, see Innocents' Day Childhood of Fiction, The, by J. A.
MacCuUoch, reviewed, 503-5 China : (see also Yung-Ping-Fu) ;
charms, 7 ; hand impressions instead of seals, 113 ; hairdressing, 256 ; tree worship, 190 (plate) Chippewa Indians : string trick, 366 Chirionossos, South Amer. tribe, 135-6 Christmas Day : Cadenham &c. oaks budded. New Forest, 311; Glas- tonbury cornel or hawthorn budded,
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Christmas Eve : in Arthurian saga, 339 ; cat buried in cornfield &c., Bohemia, 277 ; wren hunted, Entraigues, 270
Christmastide : (see also Christmas Day ; and Christmas Eve) ; apple- trees blossoming at, 31 1; blood sprinkled at Yule feast, Scandinavia, 414 ; expulsion ceremonies, S. Germany &c., 262-3; Glastonbury walnut in leaf, 31 1
Chthonian deities, 31-2, 55, 59, 277, 397> 399-400, 409
Churels, demons, India, 136
Churingas : associated with ancestors, Arunta tribe, 238-41 ; bull-roarers, connected with reincarnation beliefs, Australia, 490
Ciaban, tale of, 338
Cilicia, see Corycus
Cimaruta, the, 7
Circumcision : not amongst Manyika, 486
Clann McLachlann : badge the rowan tree, 453
Clapham : string trick, 367-8
Clare, see Magh-adhar
Claudas de la Decerte, in Arthurian sagas, 231
Clenor : sacred ash, 64
Cliodna of the Fair Hair, 154-5
Clodd, E. : Crystal- Gazing, 373-4 ; his views on crystal-gazing dis- cussed, 231-3
Cloonnafunchin, meaning of, 62
Clyde river, in miracle of St Kenti- gern, 329
Cock : basilisk egg thrown over roof, 281 ; cockthrowing ceremonies, 274-5, 279, 282 ; figured on wed- ding cakes, Great Russia, 282 ; with five toes keeps off afrits, Cairo, 198 ; head thrown on roof, Jan. 13, Russia, 281 ; in marriage customs, 281-3 ; sacrificed, eve of Day of Atonement, Jews, 275-6, 281 ; valued, 285 ; white, given to virtuous bride, E. France, 283
