Index.
545
Certain Quests and Doles, by C.
Peabody, reviewed, 410-1 Ceylon : amulets, 161 ; ford rites,
159; horoscope, 268 Chaffing, as custom. Banks'
islands, 45, 50 Chair : vampire, Wales, 121 Chalk : in fetish charm, Congo,
459 Changelings : Clare, 198-9 ; Isle of
Man, 472-5 Channel islands : bibliography, 41 Chapbooks, Flanders, 527 Chara : folk-medicine, 322 Charms and spells : (see also Amu- lets and talismans) ; against : — animals, noxious, In- dia, 86, 326, 331, 506, Zulus, 160 ; bites and stings, Ceylon, 161, Cornwall, 161, India, 86,
324-5. 329-31. 333. 504. 506; blisters, India, 507 ; diseases and ailments, 445, Essex, 223, Germany, 388, India, 83-6, 323- 8. 330, 332, 433. 505-8; Ire- land, 418, 422-3, 444-5, Scot- land, 88-9, 437, Zulus, 160 ; enemies, Africa etc., 161, In- dia, 217 ; evil eye, 164, India, 217, Scotland, 160, 433 ; evil spirits, India, 86, 217, 310, 322, 505 ; false lovers, Sicily etc., 173-4 '. fire and lightning, Ireland, 422 ; hailstorms, In- dia, 85-6, 331-2 ; journey dangers, Ireland, 418, 436-7, 444 ; poisons, Ireland, 438 ; theft, 377-8, 426 ; witchcraft, 163-4, Somerset, 150 ; wounds, India, 325, Ireland, 438 ; in ancient service books, 446 ; to bind needle, oven, or fire, India, 330-1 ; for childbirth, India, 329 ; to destroy cattle, India, 332 ; to stop dust-storm, India, 330-1 ; English Charms of the Seventeenth Century, by M. Gaster, 375-8 ; to extract thorn, St Gall, 438, 445 ; for long life, Ireland, 444 ; hymn-charms, Ire- land, 417-46, Scotland, 430-5 ; to learn Koran, India, 321 ; in N. Scotland, 264 ; object of, Ameri- can Indians, 164 ; taught in bardic schools, Ireland, 444 ; in Wales. 118; written in special shapes, 426
Cherokees : charms, 164
Cheshire : annual barring, Apl. 1st,
31
Chet : in folk-medicine, India, 318
Chhahka : in charm, India, 84
Chickens, see Fowls
Children, see Baptism ; Birth cus- toms and beliefs ; Circumcision ; Games ; Medical folklore
China, see Carian ; Tibet
Chiniot : folk-medicine, 320
Chishti tribe : charms, 331
Christiania : horse trappings, 4
Christianity : in Grail romances, 109, 1x2-3, 1 16-7; as transform- ing-element, 115-7
Christmas Day : carol-singing, Worcester, 263
Christmas Eve : greenery not in house before, Craven, 225 ; min- ing custom, Castleton, 38 ; Yule log burnt, Craven, 225
Christmas Night : bayberry candle burnt, U.S.A., 6
Christmastide : (see also Christmas Day ; Christmas Eve ; Christmas Night) ; bogeys, Greece, 531 ; buck associated with, 74 ; fire customs, Coniston, 224 ; greenery, Worcester, 263, not burnt, Craven, 225 ; hoodening, Kent, 246-9; in Wales, 118
Chrysanthemum : as sun symbol, Japan etc., 64
Chukchi : thoughtless impreca- tions, 154-5
Church : garland on tower, Castle- ton, 20; pews, Castleton, 6, 24
Churchyard road, in charm, Scot- land, 88-9
Churning customs and beliefs : India, 216 ; Ireland, 195-6
Chutia Nagpur, see Santdls ; Singh- bhum
Chwana : folk-tale, 257
Cilicia, see Tarsos
Cinderella type of folk-tales, 368-9
Circumcision : Congo, 467
Civet-cat, see Wer-beasts
Clans : Akikdyu, 255-6 ; British New Guinea, 533 ; Nagas, 298
Clare : A Folklore Survey of County Clare, by T. J. West- ropp, 180-98 (plate), 338-49 (plate), 476-87
Clare Castle : ghost, 345 ; place- name, 185
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