Index.
505
Snake-gods : baptize Buddha, 263 Snanaimuq : fasting after death, 398,
and until sun has well risen, 41 1 Snedgus and MacRiagla, voyage of,
157-8, 160-1 Sneezing : before corpse, prevents
decay, Greek islands, 331 ; good
sign in sick, Palestine Jews, 72 ;
as omen, Aristotle, 213, Greek
islands, 331 Soap-boilers : haunted by e\41 spirits,
Palestine, 58 Society islands, see Tahiti Sociological Papers, vol. II, short
notice of, 354-5 Solomon, King, see King Solomon Some Former Customs of the Royal
Parish of Crathie, Scotland, by A.
Macdonald, 84-6 Some Notes from New Guinea, by
Dr. C. G. Seligmann, 251 Some West African Customs, by
Abiose, 86-8 Somerset : {see also Glastonbury ; and
Portishead) ; as Hades, 140 Sorca, country in folktale, Ireland,
29-30 Sorcerers, see Wizards Sore eyes, see Eye diseases Sores, cure for, Greek islands, 329 Soudan : {see also Khartoum ; and
Omdurman) ; amulets from, 249-50 Souls : can be thrown out with sweep- ings, Greek islands, 331 ; of unborn
in birds, Malay tribes, 455 South : wind in week before Lent,
Greek islands, 331 South America, see Abipones ; Brazil ;
Colombia ; Fuegians ; Guiana ;
Pampas Indians ; and Peruvians South Australia, see Barcoo river ;
Flinders Range ; Fowler's Bay ;
Lake Eyre : Port Lincoln ; Wilson
river ; and under names of tribes South Holland, see Rotterdam Southam, H. : Veterinary Practice,
437
Southam, PI. R. H. : Building Cus- toms, 84 {plate)
Sowing customs and beliefs : festivals, Eg>'pt, 223, India, 334
Spain : {see also Basques ; Catalonia ; and Gades) ; opening windows <S:c. to release soul, 215 ; replaced Mag Mor in Irish legends, 135-6
Spear-throwers, see Wamera
Spells, see Charms and spells
Spider : in folktale, Sierra Leone, 240
SpillahoUa, well spirit, Silesia, 274
Spirits, isle of, in Gaulish legend, 128
Spitting : as charm, Greek islands, 330
Spoer, Mrs. H. H. : The Powers of Evil in Jerusalem, 54-76
Spoiling oj Annwn, Welsh poem, 143-4, 146-7, 149, 152
Sponge : must be torn away stealthily, Aristotle, 213
Spoon : fetish, Sierra Leone Protec- torate, 426 {plate)
Sporades, see Cos
Springs : bathing in cures barrenness, Palestine, 55 ; may be haunted, Palestine, 55-6, 58; jinns connected with, Palestine, 55-6 ; sacrifice to, Hesse, 279
Sprinkling, ceremonial, Jife Lustration, ceremonial
Staff, walking, see Walking-stick
Stag : in The lady of the Fountain, 40
Stamford, see Gretford
Stanton All Saints, see Staunton
Stanton St John, see Staunton
Stations of the Cross : reversed journey round, in curse, Connaught, 348
Staunton : mysteriously disturbed coffins, 386, 389
Stealing : increases powers of fetish, Sierra Leone Protectorate, 427
Stenton, F. M. : reviews by,— Shore's Origin of the Afiglo-Saxon Race, Maine and Pollock's Ancient Law, and Seebohm's The Tribal System in Wales, 351-4
Stirlingshire, see Alva
Stlatlumh Indians: mourningcustoms, 398, 400, 407 ; first salmon not eaten by mourners, 407 ; taboos at puberty, 408-9
Stones : {see also Cromlechs ; a?ta Dolmens) ; baetyls in Grail rom- ances, 304; memorial, India, 240-2; "navel," India, 334; sacred, Gaul, III, India, 334, Palestine, 68
Stork : brings babies, 267-8 ; eggs good for ophthalmia, Greek islands, 329; messenger of rain and thunder god, 269
Storms : child born in thunderstorm dies from lightning, Hesse, 278 ; eating dangerous in thunderstorm, Germany, 410
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