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Index.
Newport (Essex) : Oak-apple Day,
489 Newry : rhyme, 78 New South Wales : {see also Euahlayi ; Jirringan ; Kamilaroi ; Wailwan ; and Wiradjuri) ; Australian Folk- tales, by R. H. Mathews, 485-7 Newt : name of, Worcestershire, 347 ;
poisonous, Worcestershire, 347 New Year's Day : first comer receives "Yule thread," Norway, 317-8; firstfooting, Durham, 73, Stafford- shire, 222 ; first person met rules for year, Worcestershire, 345 ; New Year's Day in Scotland, 1909, by D. Rorie, 481-2 New Year's Eve : charm for luck, Cornwall, 488 ; evergreens burnt, Devon, 488-9 ; fire burns all night, Worcestershire, 345 Ngangas, see Wizards Ngombe : amulets, 3 Ngongo bean : in love charm, Lower
Congo, 41 Ngoyo, see Kabinda Ngungu : market, 41 Nigeria, see Hausa Night, see Midnight Nightmare, omens from, India, 337 Nine : in charms, Durham, 77-8,
Worcestershire, 346 Ningthaja clan, 419 Nipping : for new clothes, Durham,
78 Nippur, legend from, 125 Nixies, 328 Njambi, name of Deity, Upper
Congo, 57 Nkandi bean : divination by, Lower
Congo, 188 Nkasa ordeal. Lower Congo, 51-3,
187 A'-^«ja-tree : omens from. Lower Congo, 62 ; has a spirit. Lower Congo, 62 Nkimba Society, Lower Congo, 189-
90, 198-201 Nltimbu fish : tabu on, Lower Congo,
308 Norbury : saying, 220 North America, see Alaska ; Baffins- land ; Canada ; Eskimo ; Green- land; Labrador ; a«^ Smith Sound. North Berwick : mumming. New
Year's Day, 482 Northenden : Pancake Day custom, 206
Northumberland : {see also Hum-
shaugh) ; folk-song, 87-8 North-west Provinces (India), see
Dera Dun Norway : {see also Aaker ; Arodal ;
Birkestol ; Donheim ; Driva, valley
of ; Faleioen ; Grasdal ; Grodal ;
Heone ; Hohammer ; Hoi ; Hov ;
Julevoldene ; Lilledal ; Lillefale ;
Loken ; Maele ; Musgjerd ; Opdal ;
Orkedalen ; Oxendal ; Roimen ;
Sanden ; Snova ; Sundal ; Tanger ;
Telemarken ; Tofte ; Troedal ;
Trondhjem ; Ulvundeidet ; and
Vollan) ; Old-Time Survivals in
Remote Norwegian Dales, by Miss
M. Crookshank, 313-36 {plate) Nose: oi kiildre-ioWi, Norway, 327 Notes on Some Customs of the Lower
Congo People, by Rev. J. H.
Weeks, 2, 7, 32-63, 181-201 {plates),
304-11,457-80 Noton, J.: Augury and Leechcraft in
Algeria, 208-9 November : ist, begins mince pie
season, Cambridge, 79 ; 5th,
parkin for, Lancashire, 204 Nsafn-\.xtt : fruit not eaten if struck
by lightning, Lower Congo, 475 A^sakusaka : in love charm. Lower
Congo, 41 Nsangalavwa : in fetish ceremony, Lower Congo, 465 ; in peace cere- mony. Lower Congo, 37 Nsundi : dance, 468 Ntoyo (blue plantain-eater) : omen
from. Lower Congo, 474 Ntumbi : folk-tale, 454-5 Numbers in folklore, see under various
numbers, suck as Thirteen Nung saba, deity, Assam, 135 Nursery rhymes : Durham, 76-8 ; Ire- land, 78'; Yorkshire, 78-9 Nushirawan, King, see King Nushlr-
awan Nutcrack Night, Oct. 31, Durham,
74
Nuts, see Kola nut ; Palm nut ; and Pea nut
Nutt, A. : reviews by, — Mair's Hestod, 105-6 ; Kuno Meyer's The Instruc- tions of King Corniac Mac Airt, 363-6; Evans' The Textof the Black Book of Carmarthen, 1 10-4
Nyambe, name of Deity, UpperCongo,
57 Nyangwe : chief's staff, 3
