Plague, amulets against, 146
Plantain : amulet from, 235 ; in Anglo-Saxon incantation, 67 ; in folk-medicine, 496
Plantain fruit : in ceremonies, Assam, 464-5, 469
Planting customs and beliefs : Japan, 195
Plants, see Flowers and plants
Ploughing customs and beliefs : India, 278, 282, 287
Plum, wild : puddings of, Glos., 453
Poison : amulets against, Malta etc., 48 ; antidote, 48 ; cure for, 493 ; snake, remedies for, 49
Polo : Chitral, 270
Polyandry, 140
Polynesia : [see also Fiji islands ; Tonga islands) ; mythology, 141-3 ; racial affinities, 141
Pomegranate : in folk-medicine, 232-3 ; in riddle, Armenians, 471
Pools : ghost, Glos., 335
Portraits banned: Mongols, 270; Palestine etc., 227-8
Portugal: celts, 66
Possession, demon and spirit, 272
Potato : in charm, Donegal, 475 ; omen from, Quebec, 346 ; sown Good Friday, Glos., 444
Pottery : making, Bushmen, 260, Suk, 260, 402 ; mending, China, 270
Poulanishery : rock markings, go
Prayers: written, burnt, China, 270
Pre-animism, 25
Pregnancy, see Birth
Prehistoric Man, by W. L. H. Duckworth, reviewed, 12 1-2
President, election of, 5
Presidential Address, 5, 14-32
" Primitive " used vaguely, 20
Progress Report of the Archaeologi- cal Survey of India, noticed, 406-7
Proverbs: Congo, 217; Germany, 272 ; Herefordshire, 383 ;
Japan, 187 ; Russia, 429
Pruning under waxing moon, Quebec and France, 345
Psychology and folklore, 23-6, 379-83
Pterygotus : wings of angels, Scot- land, 46
Puberty rites : Bushmen, 260 ; Togo, 406
Plica, The, 213 Puliyans, 265-6
Pumpkin plant : as totem, India, 498
Punishments : Suk, 402 ; Thonga, 519
Punjab : [see also Kolis) ; ethnography, 261-3 ; "■'ilk and ghi tabooed, 287 ; penance for cow's death, 284
Pygmalion type of folk-tales, 486-8
Pyrethriim : as amulet, 235 ; in Anglo-Saxon incantation, 67
Python, see Snake
Qat, spirit, Banks' is., 163
Quebec Folklore Notes, by E. H. and H. J. Rose, 345-7, 462-3
Queen Guenevere, 117
Querin : stolen bride, 214
Quicksilver : in magic, Japan, 193
Quin Abbey : skull pile, 210 ; tale, 206 ; underground passage, 208
Rabbit : in folk-tale, Germanv, 507-8
Rabhas : milk unclean, 287
Race with Devil tvpe of folk- tales, 3.57
Radford Bridge : manor court, 450
Rdgi, see INIillet
Rag-trees : Taurus, 220
Rain : Bushmen, 260 ; charm for, 447, Glos., 447-8 ; clan, Suk, 401
Rajputana : cows not killed, 278-9
Ram, see Sheep
Ramman, deity. Babylonia, 276
Randwick : calendar customs, 444, 447-52, 455-6 ; plant belief, 447
Rat : charms against, Clare, 212-3, Japan, 196, Limerick, 213 ; omen from, Japan, 195 ; sacred, China, 269
Rathblamac : funerals race, 211
Read, INIiss D. H. Moutray : exhibit, 146 ; Scraps of English Folklore, 350, 352-3, 356
Red: animals, see Calf; dyeing tabooed after death, Assam, 468; in magic, Japan, 188-90
Redditch : no Guv, 417
Red nettle : in Anglo-Saxon charm, 67
Reincarnation beliefs : Assam, 463 ; Tibet, 294
