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Six : at Holi, India, 65
Siyu : miracle, 474-5
Skamander river : marriage cus- tom, 397
Skin : double-skinned people, As- sam, 484-5
Skin diseases : prayer against, In- dia, 170
Sky : not aimed at, Wliite Ruth- enians, 95 ; in tales, Assam, 485- 6; worsliipped, Siberia, 47, 51,
54 Skye : " the keener," 84 Sleeve : wrong, not changed, Kent,
367
Sligo : foundation sacrifice, 378
Slipper, see Shoe
Smoke : in charms. White Ruth- enians, 95-6 ; divination by, In- dia etc., 76-7, 82
Snake : {see also Water snake) ; goddess of, India, 154 ; respec- ted, Siberia, 48 ; sacred, WTiite Ruthenians, 94 ; in tales, India, 393, 490-1, 495-6
Sneezing : blessing after, Mayo, 341 ; omen of rain, Jersey, 246
Snow-white type of folk-tales, 271
Sociology : pyschology as applied to, 14-21
Solomon and Marcolphus type of folk-tales, 272
Solons, 45
Somerset, see Taunton
Soot : in folk-medicine, Jersey, 249
Soul : of butter, in tale, India, 394 ; as butterfly, Armagh etc., 203-4 ; enters mother's temples before birth, Siberia, 50 ; as fly, Transylvania, 204 ; leaves in sleep, Siberia, 51 ; as moth, Cornwall, 203 ; of part of ani- mal and object, Siberia, 49 ; survives death, Assam, 477 ; tormented in glaciers, Swiss, 273 ; triple, Siberia, 50 ; wicked, as night dog, Piedmont, 279
Soul-cage myth (Ireland), 378
Souling, elementing, and Cattem- ing, by C. S. Burne, 285-99 {map)
South : in divination, India, 77 ; home of dead, India, 60 ; un- lucky, India, 60
South Arcot : hook-swinging, 163, 165, 169
South Sea Islanders : Innate Ideas of, by E. im Thurn, i
Sow, see Pig
Sowing customs and beliefs : Pied- mont, 278 ; White Ruthenians,
95
Sow thistle : in folk-medicine, Jer- sey, 250
Spain : charm for human milk, 385 ; Notes on Spanish Amu- lets (3rd Ser.), 206-12 {pi.)
Sparrow ; name of dance. White Ruthenians, 98
Spectres, see Ghosts ; Zombi
Spider : in charm, Cambs, 365 ; unlucky to kill, Suffolk, 366
Spinning : wicked on Sunday, Swiss, 273-4
Spinning wheel : in charm, Aber- deensh., 344
Spitting : averts ill luck, Jersey, 247, N.E. Scot.,- 349, White Ruthenians, 95-6 ; on iron, Cambs, 365 ; on stone, N. Wales, 372 ; in zdy, Azande, 320
Sport and Folklore in the Hima- laya, by H. L. Haughton, re- viewed, 393-4
Spring : {see also Holi) ; festival, Oraons, 80 ; " wedding of the wheat," Morocco, 503
Staffordshire : {see also Newcastle- u.-Lyme ; Walsall) ; field names, 391 ; November customs, 285- 99 {map)
Stairs : stumbling on as omen, Suffolk, 366
Stars : not aimed at. White Ru- thenians, 95
Stealing : at Holi, India, 62 ; for Holi fire, India, 57 ; gives vir- tue to articles, 258-9
Stilt-walking : as rite, India, 82
Stirlingshire, see Dunmore ; Gigha
Stockings: omen from, Jersey, 246
Stone and gravel (disease) : cures for, Jersey, 249-50
Stones and rocks : {see also Dol- mens ; Menliirs) ; to comme- morate feasts, , Assam, 477 ; marked by the Devil, Salop, 372, " the keener," Islay, 85 ; memorial, India, 408 ; sacred black, India, 157-8, 187 ; Siva appears in stone, India, 189
Stonehaven : in rhyme, Aberdeen- shire, 357
