Index.
575
Greeks, 64 (plates), 131, 269;
Sicily, 169-70 (plate) Voyage of Bran, notes on, 230-1 Vulcan and Hephaistos, 66 Vulki : wife price, 251
Wakes, see Fairs
Wakhembam bird : in festival, Manipur, 81
Wales : (see also under counties) ; bibliography, 41 ; divination, 444 ; Trevelyan's Folklore and Folk-stories of Wales reviewed, 1 17-21 ; Evans' The White Book Mabinogion reviewed, 237-46
Wampum belts, 127
Wan-tree : in folk-medicine, 322
Warend : Thor, memory of, 77 ; thunder, beliefs about, 76-7
Warts : cures for, India, 320
Washers of the Ford : France, 180 ; Ireland, 180, 187-9
Water : (see also Fords ; Lakes ; Rain ; Rivers and streams ; Springs ; Wells) ; in charms, India, 85, 315, 319, 321 ; in fetish ceremonies, Congo, 463, 468-9 ; lucky in dream, Assam, 312 ; omen from, Sicily, 174 ; not stepped over by bridegroom, Palestine, 285
Water-buck : in folk-tale, Hausas, 500-1
Water-cattle, see Cattle
Water-folk, see Merfolk
Waterfowl, see Birds
Water-horses : Clare, 486 ; Galway Bay, 482 ; Wales, 117-8, 120-1
Water jar : in marriage custom, Palestine, 293
Water-lizard : in folk-tale, Africa, 487-9
Water-snake, see Pdists.
Water spirits : Clare, 341-3 ; Con- go, 461
Wathen : medical treatment, 470 ; witch-finding, 465
Wax : in charms, England, 376-7
Wax figures in magic, Mexico, 129
Weather lore : (see also Hail ; Lightning ; Rain ; Rainbow ; Storms ; Thunder) ; Wales, n8
Week, days of, see under days
Weeks, J^ H. : The Congo Medi- cine-man and his Black and White Magic, 130, 447-71 ; ex- hibits by, 130
Weeping : omen from, Sicily, 174
Wefa : exogamy, 394-5
Weird ladies, Wales, 118, 120
Wells : in charm, India, 327-8 ; Easter custom, Castleton, 38 ; fairy, Clare, 184, 195-6 ; folklore of, Wales, 117, 120; healing, India, 322-3 ; St Oswald's, Os- westry, 6 ; sacred, 163 ; Woolston, Salop, 6
Wer-beasts : cat, Malays, 374 ; civet-cat, Malays, 372-4 ; goat, Malays, 374 ; monkey, Malays, 372, 374; tiger, Burmah etc., 371-2
Werner, Miss A. : review by, — Routledges' With a Prehistoric People, 252-8
West : in divination, Manipur, 80
Westermarck, E. : Moorish Beliefs and Customs, 269
West Indies, see Antilles ; Baha- mas ; Cuba ; Jamaica
Weston, J. L. : Alfred Nutt : an Appreciation, 512-4
West Riding Teachers' Anthropo- logical Societ}', The, by Barbara Freire-Marreco, 103-4, ^nd L. M. Eyre, 236
Westropp, T. J. : A Folklore Sur- vey of County Clare, 180-99 (plate), 338-49 (Plate), 476-87
Wexford : (see also Ferns) ; " cross trees," 515
Wheel : in Midsummer custom, Glamorgan, 118
Whistling : omen from, Sicily, 174
Whitby : amulets, 7
White animals, see Dog ; Hen ; Owl
White Book Mabinogion, The, by J. G. Evans, reviewed, 237-46
White cloth in Malay magic, 372
White paternoster, Ireland, 441-2
Whitstable : amulets, 7
Whitsuntide : septennial Ale, Blen- heim Park, 32
Whooping cough : charm against, Essex, 223
Wicken, see Mountain ash
Widowers : mourning customs, Trobriands, 534 ; rites performed by, Congo, 463-4
Widows : not honoured, Bedu, 275 ; mourning customs, Trobriands, 533-4 ; protective rites by, Bechu- ana, 160
