Index.
553
Simnel cakes, see Cakes
Skin diseases : from breaking food tabu, Lower Congo, 308 ; of Jews explained by legend, Roumanians, 298
Sky : abode of mythical beings, Anda- mans, 262, 267, 495-6 ; conception of. Lower Congo, 59
Slavery: "eating the goat" custom, Lower Congo, 32-3 ; ordeal not drunk for slain slave, Lower Congo, 40 ; selling into. Lower Congo, 47 ; of unredeemed pledge, Lower Congo, 33
Sloth: in folk-tales, Assam, 390-1
Slow-worm : head crushed to kill, Oxfordshire, 218
Smallpox : charm against, India, 89 ; cured by goddess Fujiyama, Japan, 252
Smith, G. C. Moore : " Strawbear Tuesday," 202-3 {plates)
Smith Sound : folk-tales, 377-9 ; tribal migration, 378
Snail : charm against, Japan, 384 ; as Easter-egg pattern, Roumanians, 302 ; in rhyme, Durham, 78
Snail shell : contains war charm. Lower Congo, 35
Snake : associated with unchastity, 400, 419, and water spirits. Lower Congo, 477-8 ; charm against, Japan, 384 ; in dreams, India, 337 ; as Easter-egg pattern, Roumanians, 302-3 {plate) ; cannot exist round Avebury, 80 ; flour s. protects hidden treasure, India, 211; in folk- tales, Assam, 389, 392-3, 399-401, 405, 419, Eskimo, 377, Japan, 252; not killed by water-spirit incarna- tions, Lower Congo, 478 ; myths, suggested origin of, 368 ; white, in folk-tale, Japan, 252
Sneezing, beliefs and customs about : Lower Congo, 59
Snova : tales of /^///i/r^-folk, 331-2
Snow : omen of, Worcestershire, 344; won't stay after Candlemas, 345
Snowdrop : as Easter-egg pattern, Roumanians, 301 ; unlucky in house, Worcestershire, 343
Social inequality, causes of, 369-71
Socotra : folktale, 125
Some Notes on Indian Folklore, by W. Crooke, 21 1-3
Somerset : {see also Luccombe) ; Ger- man bands bring rain, 348
Sores : not rubbed with forefinger, Staffordshire, 221
Soul flights, Eskimo, 378
Souls : of animals, Eskimo, 377 ; as bird in Paradise, Ireland, 359 ; churinga not soul-box, Australia, 127 ; " compound," not believed in, Lower Congo, 62 ; destroyed by burning body, Lower Congo, 55 ; multiple souls, China, 520 ; possessed by nkasa tree and some animals, Lower Congo, 62 ; serve tiger as slaves, China, 519; wander, if leave life before time, China, 519
Soul transference, China, 519, India,
484-5
South Australia, j£e Arunta : Kaitish ; and Murray river
South Downs : survivals amongst shepherds, i, 7, 64-70 (plates)
South Queensferry : the burry-man,
^ 89-92
Sparrowhawk : in myth of origin of fire, W. Aus., 342
Spear-throwing : divination by, Assam, 138
Spider : as Easter-egg pattern, Rou- manians, 301 {plate), 303 {plate) • in folk-tales, Japan, 250, Sierra Leone, 211, Swahili, 442; killing brings rain, Durham county, 217 ; name of mythical being, Andaman Islands, 259, 493
Spinning-wheel : New Year custom, Norway, 317
Spitting : in fire brings disease. Lower Congo, 476 ; as salutation or curse, Lower Congo, 470-1
Spoer, Dr H. H. : review by, — Mai- tesische Volkslieder, 371-3
Spoons: omen from, Oxfordshire, 219, Worcestershire, 345
Spots : tabus on animals with spotted skins. Lower Congo, 308
Sprains: charm for, Worcestershire, 346
Spring: Parisas thespringequinoX;5i4
Springs : water sprinkled on fire, Nandi, 247
Sprinkling, see Lustration
Stafford : death omen, 220
Staffordshire : {see also Broughton ; Burton-on-Trent; Darlaston; Dud- ley ; Eccleshall ; Hanbury ; Lich- field ; Norbury ; Stafford ; Sugnall ; Tipton ; Tutbury ; and Wednes- field) ; sayings, 220; Staffordshire Folklore, by T. E. Lones, 355
