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Index.
Porters : folk-tales, Ceylon, 124 Portsmouth : bull-baiting, Shrove- tide, 324; ghosts, 315 Portugal : folk-tale, 188-9 Portzall : in folk-tale, 186 Poseidon, 281-2, 284, 289 Possession, demon or spirit :
Malays, 240 Potato drills : protectives for,
Clare, 58 Pottery : destroyed by bones of
sacrifice, Morocco, 156-7 Poulaclug : bell legend, 336 Pouldour : pardon, 514 Praise : blessing should accompany,
Clare, 54 Prayer : at Great Feast, Morocco,
137-9 > places for, Morocco, 138
(plate) Preanimistic beliefs : Assam, 267 Pregnancy, see Birth customs and
beliefs President, election of, 4 Presidential Address, 4, 14-40 Priestesses : Greece, 281-2 Priesthood : domestic, Assam, 268 Prophetesses : Greece, 281 Prospectus, 9, 16 Proverbs: Bohemia, 516; Congo,
517; England, 239, 306; France,
244 ; Greeks, 249 ; Ireland, 452 ;
Manipur, 473-5 ; Norway, 213-
218 Pseira, excavations at, 398-9 Puberty rites, 97, 122 Publications of Folk-Lore Society,
9 Puca, The, 449
Puck : in place-name, Hants, 313 Puss-in-Boots type of folk-tales, 125 Puzzles in folk-tales, Armenia, 477 Pygmies, 378-80
Quakerstown : well, 210
Queen Anne Boleyn : in folk-tale,
Clare, 456 Queen Charlotte Islands, see Hai-
das Queen Maeve, 451 Querns : broken, in foundations,
Donegal, 54 ; spindle whorls as,
Clare, 53 Qu'est-ce que le Tot^misme? by
A. van Gennep, 93-104 Quickbean : as protective, Clare,
58 Quin : ghost follows bone, 56 ;
horse skulls buried, 54 ; piles of bones, 56 ; wells, 210-1 Quinper : bas-relief, 187
Rabat : omen, 148
Rabbit : cat-rabbit, Clare, 451
Racing : annual, Clare, 208 ; in ballads, 33-4 ; at Great Feast, Morocco, 140, 159-60
Rag bushes: Clare, 213 (plate); Somerset, 496
Rahdmna : divination, 153, 155
Rain : caused by burning fern, Staffs, 24, by auspicious person, India, 74-5, by tug-of-war, Mor- occo, 159 ; charms, Manipur, 348-50, Morocco, 151, 159, Oregon, 398 ; controlled by han-pa, China, 264 ; divination of, Morocco, 153-4 ; omen of, Glos., 238; Rain-Stopping in Manipur, by J. Shakespear, 348- 50 ; venerated, Bantu, 120
Rain god : Assam, 267
Raisins : in charm, Morocco, 151
Rajputs : seclusion of women, 448
Ralahine : well, 211
Ram, see Sheep
Rat : has parliament, Clare, 452-3 ; in proverb, Manipur, 474 ; soul enters. Limerick, 452 ; speaks,
453 Rath : bell, 336-7 ; St Blathmac,
336-7 ; well, 210 Rattles : Mexico, 130 Raven : beliefs about, Clare, 453,
Hants, 304, 306 ; in folk-tales,
Clare, 52-3, Oregon, 398 Read, D. H. Moutray : Hampshire
Folklore, 129, 292-329 Red : in amulets, Clare, 53, India,
76-7 ; hair unlucky, Clare, 204,
449 ; rag in divination, Clare,
205 Redway : supernatural noise, 318 Reed : in folk-tales, 184, 186,
189-91, 193-4, 196 Reincarnation beliefs : Bushongo,
388; Haidas, 287 Relationship, terms of : Australia,
487 ; Bushongo, 389-90 Religion : (see also Confucianism ;
Fetishism ; Deity, conception of ;
Goddesses ; Gods ; Priestesses ;
Priesthood) ; defined, 102-3, 4^2 ;
Lord Avebury's views discussed,
411-25 ; origin of, 107
