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527
162, 169-71 ; ancestors, 163 ; marriage, 105 ; myths relating to social organisation, 320-31 ; race Mousterian, 121 ; religion, 107-10
Austro-Hungary, see Bosnia ; Magyars ; Moravia ; Salzburg ; Tyrol
Avebury, Lord : Lord Avebury on Marriage, Totemism, and Religion ; a Reply to Mr. Lang, 103-111, 376-8
Avening : aversion to strangers, 333 ; calendar customs, 444, 446, 450, 453-5 ; menhir, 340 ; well, 335
Ayrshire : divination, Oct. 31, 420
Axe : double, 74 ; in dance, Kafirs, 270
Axo, see Hasakeui
Baal, deity, Palestine, 277
Babies, see Birth
Babylonia : deities as cattle, 276 ; Sabbath, 242
Backwards : no looking b. after funeral, Muppans, 42
Bactria : channel of Greek in- fluence, 268
Badagas : ceremonies, 140; milk taboos, 290
Badger : detecting, Japan, 193 ; in magic, Japan, 186
Baessler-Archiv noticed, 406
Baganda, The, by J. Roscoe, re- viewed, 132-9
Baiame, All Father, Australia, 107- 9, 162, 376
Bakongo noun classes, 144
Balance Sheet, 13
Bali : ghi not offered, 288
Balkan Peninsula, see Albanians ; Bosnia ; Bulgaria ; Greeks ; Servia ; Turks
Ballads, see Folk-songs
Ballinahown : fort, 204 ; under- ground passage, 207
Ballinalacken : fort, 204
Ballyganner : basin stone dolmen, 92
Ballykelly : long grave, 92
Ballynahown : cow myth, 89 ; giant's grave, 92
Ballysheen : rock markings, 90
Bamboo : in charm, Japan, 193
Bampton : parsley and asparagus not transplanted, 350
Bana : string games etc., 406
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Bangala, see Congo Cannibals
Banks, Mrs. M. M. : Scoring a Witch above the Breath, 490
Banks' islands : spirit-beings, 163
Bantu : [see also under tribal names) ; categories, 144 ; cow etc. respected, 275 ; god and spirits, 162
Banyoro : traditions, 135
Baptism : gift after, Northumber- land, 354-5 ; lay, Gaels, 499
Barefield : burial place, 210
Barley : preparing seed, Gaels, 501
Barra : new moon custom, 499
Barrenness, see Birth
Basil : in Hindu ritual, 58-9 ; as offering, Manipur, 184
Bataks : myths, 141-3
Batwals : firstfruits, 287
Bauhinia purpurea : as totem, India, 498
Bavaria : amulets, 146
Baverstock : game and rhyme, 203
Bavili noun classes, 144
Beadnell : name taboo, 355-6
Beads, see Rudraksha beads
Beans : in charm, Japan, 190 ; sown Good Friday, Glos., 444
Bear : devil as. Savoy, 127 ; in folk-tale, Armenians, 221-3 ; ^.s totem, India, 498
Beating the bounds : Glos., 452
Beaver : in folk-medicine, 495-6
Bed : not turned, Friday and Sunday, Kent, 354
Bedford : Gu}^ 418
Bedfordshire : {see also Bedford ; Dunstable Downs) ; folk-medi- cine, 62
Bee : dead becomes, Assam, 466 ; omen from, Oxon., 357
Beech-tree : not struck by light- ning, 480-1 ; twigs gathered, Apl. I, Glos., 450, May, Glos.,
451
Beeswax : candle of, in ceremonies, Assam, 465
Beetle : in charm, Donegal, 478 ; feared, Melos, 218
Belemnites, 45-6, 60-3, 71
Belgium, see Liege
Bells : Clare, 207, 209 ; omen from, Kent, 354 ; ringing cus- toms, 421-2, Glos., 444, 457
Benares : stone pillar, 304
