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Cat's cradle, ^ee String games Catskin type of folk-tales, 375 Cattle : {see also Bull ; Calf; Cow ; and Ox) ; cure for murrain, Ireland, 96 ; fasting, compulsory, Ireland, 359 ; tabu on flesh, Swahili, 436 Caucasus : folk-tales, 125 Caves : man as cave-dweller, 106, 421, 428 ; in myths of origin of man, Assam, 390-3, 417 ; of under- ground folk, Norway, 329, 331-2 Celtic literature : obituary of Dr. Whitlev Stokes, by Miss Eleanor Hull, 356-60 Central Provincesof India, i-<fejabalpur Ceredig-Davies, J. : The Death Cus- toms of the Aborigines of Western Australia, and the Spirits, 93-4 ; Lucky Horse-shoes, 95 Chaddesley Corbett : haunted barn,
347 Chaitra month : bathing of deity,
Deccan, 213 Chalcophaps indica : in Andamanese
legend, 263, 265 Chalk : associated with Devil, Lower Congo, 56-7 ; used by ngangas. Lower Congo, 56 Chameleon : in myth of origin of
death, 247 Champhai : stone monument, 416
{plate) Changelings : from underground folk,
Norway, 320 Channel Islands, see Guernsey ; and
Sark Chari tribe, Andamans, 258-60, 265 Charms and spells : {see also Amulets and talismans) ;
against: — animals.noxious, Japan, 384, Upper Congo, 499; birth- marks, Cumberland, 216; calf ailments, Norway, 323 ; con- sumption, Algiers, 209, Oxford- shire, 218 ; cramp, Norway, 321, Yorkshire, 348; dog ail- ments, Norway, 323; dreaming, Lower Congo, 61 ; evil eye. Lower Congo, 473, Norway, 322 ; fire, Japan, 384 ; hiccough, Durham, 77, Worcestershire, 346 ; insects, Japan, 384 ; lun- acy. Lower Congo, 40 ; rain, Lanarkshire, 353-4 ; rainbow, Durham, 217; smallpox, India, 89; sores, Algiers, 209; sprains, Worcestershire, 346 ; strains,
Norway, 321 ; toothache, Wor- cestershire, 346 ; war dangers, Lower Congo, 36 ; warts, Wilts, 80 ; whooping cough, Durham,
72, Oxfordshire, 218, Stafford- shire, 221; witchcraft, Durham,
73, Norway, 322-3, Surrey, 491 ; wounds, Cornwall, 488 ;
bayberry candle burnt, Christmas Night, U.S.A., 499; broken by dog's blood, China, 519; to im- prison giant, Norway, 329 ; love charms, Japan, 384, Lower Congo, 40-1, Staffordshire, 221 ; for New Year, Cornwall, 488 ; sign of cross in, Cornwall, 488 ; spells amongst Eskimo, 379 ; wishing charms, Durham, 77> Worcestershire, 346-7 Cherry-tree : fruit as Easter-egg pat- tern, Roumanians, 301 ; ghost appears in, Japan, 251 ; spirit of, in folk-tale, Japan, 251 Cheshire : {see also Congleton ; and Northenden) ; Christmas ever- greens, 488 Chessman : supernatural power with
age, China, 519 Chewa : folk-tales, 439-40, 454-5 Chickens, see Fowls Chigoe : Lower Congo, 43 Childbirth customs and beliefs, see
Birth customs and beliefs Children, see Baptism ; Birth customs and beliefs ; Circumcision ; Clitor- dectomy ; Games ; and Medical folklore China : Davis and Chow-Leung's Chinese Fables and Folk Stories, Woo's Chinese Merry Tales, and Wieger's Folk-lore Chinois Moderne, reviewed, 517-20 Chinyanja : folk-tales, 444, 447 Chipeta : folk-tale, 439 Chittagong Hills, see Kumis Chotia Nagpur : pre-animistic religion,
238-40 Christening, see Baptism Christmas Day : Old, evergreens
burnt, Cornwall, 4S8 Christmas Eve : ashen faggot burnt, Devon, 489, Somerset, 490; cows must be fed, Norway, 333 ; fire burns all night, Worcestershire, 345 ; mumming, Lerwick, 482 ; steel set over barn door, Norway, 333
