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Index.
British Columbia : {see also Salish Indians : Siciatl Indians ; and Up- per Thompson Indians) ; mourning customs, 400 ; taboos at puberty, 408
British East Africa, see Masai ; and Sabaki river
Brittany, see Bretagne
Brittany Marriage Custom, A, by F. C. Conybeare and E. S. Hartland, 448-9
BroceHande, forest of, 35, 52
Brocklesby : origin of name, 353
Broom : across door excludes witch,
369 Broom plant : whipping with stops
growth, Shropshire, 359 Brownies : Shetlands, 440- 1 Brugh na Boinn, 28 Brunswick : babies fetched from Gode-
wells, 268 Buadach, King, see King Buadach Buddha : assimilates local deities,
Gaul, 126 ; baptism of, 263 ; Fo,
birth of, 271 ; jatakas, 12-23 Buddhaghosha, translator of jatakas,
13-4 Buddhism : baptism in, 263 ; fasting,
ceremonial, 392 ; jatakas, 12-23 5
sabbath or uposatha, 411 Buffalo : cult of, Todas, 104 ; sacri- ficed to village spirits, India, 335 Building Customs, by H. R. H.
Southam and Miss B. Cra'ster, 84
{plate) Buite mac Brohaig, 228-9 Bu Jpri, sacred bush, Nigeria, 90-1 Bull : omen of harvest from, India,
334 ; sacrificed, Marseilles, 434-5 ;
worshipped, Hittites, 224 BuUoo river : tribal organisation, 184 Buna berries : at marriage, Gallas, 322 Bundu society, Mendiland, 362, 424
{plate) Bunzi, Bavili deit}% 444 Burial customs and beliefs, see Death
and funeral customs and behefs Burial of Amputated Limbs, by ]. L.
Myres and W. R. C. Barton, 82-3,
and A. C. Haddon, 216 Burma : story-telling, 16 Burmal-ar-Rabba : bath cures barren- ness, 271 Burning bush, sacred treeas, Palestine,
68 Burra : mermaid story, 441 Bushmen : All Father belief, 468
Butter : to anoint bride, Gallas, 321 Byrgyr, well of moon-spot legend,
279 Byrne, H. J.: All Hallows Eve and
other Festivals in Connaught, 437-9
Cactus-tree : Palestine, 70
Caer Golud, Pedryvan, Rigor, Sidi, or Vedwyd, see Annwn
Caerlleon upon Usk : court of Arthur, 35, 40, 42-3.^45
Cairo : Ramadan fast, 417
Cakes: All Hallows Eve, Roscommon, 437 ; barley bannock at riding of Langholm Marches, 336 ; broken on bride, Ireland, 8i
Calf: in folktales, Denmark, 196, Sweden, 205 ; red, water spirit in shape of, Greek islands, 331 ; sacri- ficed, Bohemia, 271
Calirrhoe : jinn heats hot springs, 56
Calogrenant, Arthur's knight, 35, 40, 43, 51-2, 298
Cambridge : carcase rails, 328
Cambridgeshire, see Cambridge
Camel : amulets for, Palestine, 70 ; haunting spirit as, Ramallah, 55 ; as scapegoat, Armenia, 433-4
Campania: (j^^ a/fo Baiae ; a«^ Pom- peii) ; folktale, 193
Camping ground : offering on reach- ing, Palestine, 68
Canada, see British Columbia ; Coast Salish ; Hudson's Bay Territory ; and Mackenzie river
Canary Isles, see Guanches
Cannibalism : in Human Leopard Society, Sierra Leone Protectorate, 425-6 ; in jatakas, 22 ; in Malay tribes, as funeral rite, 456
Carduel, see Caerlleon upon Usk
Caribbees : dead not removed through usual entrance, 373 ; purified by fasting &c., 393
Carlisle : holy well in cathedral, 266
Carnarvon, see Bardsey
Carrob-tree : jinn live in, Palestine, 70 ; must not be first taken for day's fuel, Palestine, 64 ; named St. John's bread, Palestine, 64
Carterhaugh wood : in ballad, 89
Carthage : burning of Dido and Hamilcar's son, 221 ; Melkart god of, 127
Caste : {see also undet- navies of castes) ; in jatakas, 22 ; origin of, India, 356 ; as related to law, India, 466