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Fox: festival, Siberia, 47; in j tales, Modocs, 143, Scot., 353-4, Swiss, 274 ; witch as, S\viss, 273 1
France : {see also Bouches du j Rhone ; Bretagne ; Franche- ; Comt6; (iaronne; Haute Sa- , voie ; Ille et Vilainc ; Indre et Loire ; Lorraine ; Savoy ; Danilowcz' L'Art ProvenQul noticed, 144 ; charm for child- birth, 385 ; 1st butterfly caught, 204 ; Lot-Borodine's Le Roman Idylliqiie au Moyen Age re- viewed, 262-3 ; south, mid- summer custom, 82 ; washers of the ford, 87
Franche-Comte, see Ravilloles
" Frazer Fund," 253
Frazer, J. G. : The Golden Bough, 12-4. 175-9
Frog: amulet from, Cambs, 363-4; in tale, Assam, 495-6
Fruit and vegetables, see Apple ; Cherry ; Garlic ; Gooseberry ; Grapes ; Lemon ; Mango ; Nuts ; Orange ; Pear ; Plum ; Pumpkin
Furmety : eaten, Christmas Eve, Yorks, 376
Funeral customs and beliefs, see Death
Future life, beliefs about, see Death
Fyvie : saying, 350
Gaddis : Holi, 62 Galicia, see Red Ruthenians Galla : 457-8 ; tales, 464-5 Galls: in folk-medicine, Jersey, 249 Galway, see Loch Inagh Games : (see also Football ; Sing- ing games) ; Easter, Westmor., 373 ; England, 267, 373, 381 ; at Hoh, India, 76 ; I. of Wight, 267 ; mancala, Bushongo, 447 ; May, Som., 373 ; Piedmont, 279 Ganjam : hook-swinging, 162 Garlands : dixination from. White Ruthenians, 95 ; in hook-swing- ing, India, 150-1, 188 Garhc : in folk-medicine, Jersey,
251
Garonne, see Toulouse
Garters : in charm, 259
Gaster, M. : Beads and Knots, 254-8; review by, 134-7; Rou- manian Popular Tales and Le-
gends of Birds, Beasts, and In- sects, 282 Gazelle : in tale, Congo, 141 Genealogies : traditional, Africa,
431. 434-5
Georgia : Rust'haveli's Georgian Epic, by H. Krebs, 126
Germany: (sr^ a/so Bavaria ; Bran- denburgh; Saxony); von Lowis of Menar's Das Held im Dcut- schen itnd Russischen Mdrchen reviewed, 274-7; touching wood, 380-1 ; Sohns' Uvsere Pflanzen reviewed, 266-7
Ghosts: animal, Swiss, 274 ; cause sickness, Africa, 312-3 ; death coach, 388-9 ; host of the dead, Waterford, no, 118-9; Mayo, 338-9 ; occupy saeters, Swiss, 273; procession of, Swiss, 273; in tales, Assam, 492, E. Africa, 469-71. Swiss, 273-4, Waterford, 227-30, 232, 241 ; visible to those baptised after dark, Kaig, 349
Giants : the Fianna as, Waterford, 239 ; in tales, Mexico, 481, Swiss, 274, Waterford, 239, 241-2
Gigha : "the keener," 84, 86
Gilgit : chain between earth and heaven, 394 ; purificatory rite, 393-4 ; tales, 393
Gilyaks : 43-4 ; myths, 52 ; sha- manism, 53-4 ; social organiza- tion, 47 ; spirits, 50
Gingerbread : Nov. 5, Yorks, 376
Gipsies : funeral custom, 368
Giraffe : in medicine. Piedmont; 279
Giryama, 458, 460-2
Gishigisk : climate, 37
Glaciers : Purgatory in, Swiss, 273
Glass : unlucky to see new moon through, Jersey, 247
Gloucestershire : (see also Nev%'ent) ; apple dole and rhyme, 292-3 ; Gloucestershire Legends, by F. S. Potter, 374-5
Gl>'n Traiam : spitting for luck,
372
Goat: purification rite, Gilgit, 393; protects cows from disease, Jer- sey, 247 ; sacrificed, Akamba, 313, India, 164, 169, at zar, Egypt, 303 ; spirit as, Water- ford, 233-4
Goblins : Glos., 375
