Index.
561
Parrot : in folk-tale, Congo, 518
Parsley : sown on Good Friday, 25 ; not transplanted, 25
Parthenopaios, son of Atalanta, 280
Partridge : in folk-tale, Nigeria, 396
Pasiphae legend, 229
Fast at our Doors, The, by W. W. Skeat, noticed, 271-2
Pathans : marriage customs, 427-8, 430-1, 446-7
Patrickswell : pennywort cures, 456
Patterns, Clare, 332-5
Pawnee Indians : ceremonies, 127
Peacock : in game, Java, 240
Peacock, Miss M. : Holly for Whip- stocks, 236
Pebbles, see Stones
Pelops, 283-4
Pembrokeshire : phantom funeral, 512 ; plough custom, 513 ; Mire- house's South Pembrokeshire noticed, 399-400 ; wren carried. Twelfth Night, 513
Pennywort : cures Protestants, Clare, 456 ; Iq folk-tale, Clare, 456
Pentacle as amulet, Wales, 26
Pepper : burnt in charm, India, 76
Perseus, 285
Persia : amulet, 3 ; folk-tale, 193 ; Sykes' The Glory of the Shia World reviewed, 268-70
Perthshire : folk-tale, 330-1
Pestilence, demons of, Silesia, 248
Phigaleia : horse-clothed figures, 199
Philippines : negritos, 380
Phocis, see Delphi
Phratries : duality, Australia, 92 ; Greek, 285-6 ; named from ani- mals, 91, 406-7 ; origin of, 403-4, 490-1 ; totems confined to, 92
Phrygia : beast-gods, 201 ; dynastic titles, 183 ; King Midas, 183-202 ; priest-kings, 201
Picture writing : E. Africa, 254
Pig : cakes shaped like, Bristol, 237 ; killed under rising moon, Glos. , 238; tabued, Assam, 266, Yoruba, 262 ; wild boar, hunt of, Malabar, 525, in masquerade, Morocco, 165, 169, 179, tusks in folk-tale, 196
Pigeon : in folk-tales, Hausas,
226-7, 342 > sacrificed, Yoruba, 421
Pilcomayo river, 519
Pilgrimages : Bretagne, 514 ; Glas- tonbury, 496 ; Persia, 268-9
Pilley : occult powers, 314-S ; snakebite cure, 305
Pinch : lucky at new suit, Clare,
59
Pincushion as amulet, Devon, 3
Pins : in amulet, Devon, 3 ; in charm for husbands, Bretagne, 514; in magic, Devon, 3 ; picked up, Clare, 203
Pipes, shepherds' : in folk-tales, 188-90, 193, 197
Pisa : Pelops, 283
Pixies, see Fairies
Place-names of Berkshire, The, by W. W. Skeat, noticed, 529
Plantain : stops bleeding, Clare, 456
Planting customs and beliefs : beans, Glos., 238; Iroquois, 272
Plants in folklore : (see also Bamboo ; Broom ; Daphne Meze- reum ; Dock ; Fern ; Gourd ; Grass and hay ; House-leek ; Mushroom ; Orpine ; Parsley ; Pennywort ; Plantain ; Quick- bean ; Reed ; Shamrock ; Solo- mon's Seal ; Spurge ; Wild vine ; Yam plant) ; creation of, Bush- ongo, 42, 338 ; in Franche-Comt6, 244-5 ; plant totems rare, S.-E. Australia, 92
Playing the War-Beast, by J. O'May, 239-41
Ploughing customs and beliefs : blessing, Clare, 54 ; leaving untilled patch, Clare, 58 ; in masquerade, Morocco, 178 ; plough under meal table, Christ- mas, Wales, 513 ; song, Hants, 326-7
Plough Monday : play, Northants, 6
Ploumanach : St Guirec, 514
Poachers : song, Hesse, 113
Poland : folklore, 382-5
Pomegranate-tree : amulet for, Morocco, 151 ; charm for, Mor- occo, 149
Pontesford Hill : wakes, 36
Popular Ritual of the Great Feast in Morocco, The, by E. Wester- marck, 131-82 (plates)
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