INDEX TO VOL. XXVII. (1916).
Abandoned wife, the, 47 Accidents : follow work done on
Good Friday, 72 Adder : casting its slough, 283 Almonds, raisins, figs : eaten on
Good Frida}', 74 All Souls' Day, 404 Almsgiving on Maundy Thursday,
60 Altars ; washing of, 69 Ancestors, deceased : represented
by masks, 175 ; worship of, in
Celtic niythology, 36 Andamanese : said to be ignorant
of art of firemaking, 352 Andrews, E. : Ulster Folklore,
review of, 324 Animals in the mealies : tale of,
134 Annwvn, meaning of the term, 35,
and fairyland, 40 Anpu and Bata : tale of, 65 Ants : superstitions regarding,
2S3 Anwyl, Sir E. : on the Mabin-
ogion, 53 Apparitions : seen on Easter Day,
79 Appearance, external : change of,
32 Apples : scrambhng for, 88 Arawn : the dogs of, 42 Archery competitions, 89 Ascension Day : observances on,
197 ; in Shakespeare, 406 Ash Wednesday : drawing the log,
267 : in Shakespeare, 406 Asia Minor : a folk-tale from,
310 Auditor, Honorary : appointment
of, 3 Australia : natives of, preoccupied
in search for food, 22 ; Central :
method of making fire, 357
Babies : short-coating of, on Good Friday lucky, 73 ; unweaned :
fasting by, on Good Friday, 77 ;
weaning of, on Good Friday,
lucky, 73 Bajikole : tale of, 430 et seqq. Ball : games at Easter, 87 Ball-^Ionday : ball-racing at, 89 Ball-racing at Easter, 89 Banshee, the, 99, 251 Banyanja tribe : folklore of, 116-
170 Banyoro tribe : use of fire as an
omen, 365 ; fires put out on
death of king, 366 Barley-break, 87 Barrenness : cures for, 48, 61 Ba-Thonga tribe : fire rites at a
death, 367 Battle of the Cross, the, 104 BaudiS, Prof. J. : on The Mabino-
gion, 31-68 Beans, sowing of, on Good Friday,
70 Bedfordshire : nursery rhyme
from, 413 et seq. Bees : removal of, on Good Friday,
73 Begging by children, 69, 84 Beket : St. Thomas, 288 Bell customs on Good Friday, 75 ;
ringing of, on Ascension Day,
199 Betrothal custom in North Wales,
432 Biblical legend from Lismore, 423
et seq. Bird fair at Kirkham, 214 Birth rites : purification of women
by fire after childbirth by
Malays, 364 Blackman, Miss W. : on " The
Magical and Ceremonial Uses
of Fire," 114, 352-77 Bloody Thursday : Maundy Thurs- day, 69 Boats : toy, sailed on Good Friday,
78 Bolderstone Dannikins, 200
