King; inauguration of, in Madagascar, 30; all fires put out at his death, 366
King's evil: cures for, 422
Kirkham: bird fair at, 214
Kiss in the Ring, 87, 203
Kissing-ring, the, 87
Knur and Spell: played on Good Friday, 75
Koryak tribe : use of the fire-board in magical rites, 362 et seq.
Lamb ales, 213; lamb raced for, 213
Lammas Day, 403
Lamps: placed in Egyptian tombs, 363
Lead mines; working in, unlucky on Good Friday, 72
Leaping over fires as a protection, 361
Leather, Mrs. E. M.: "Notes on English Folklore," 413 et seqq.
Leggin' Day, 87
Lent lilies (daffodils): presage death, 79
Life and death: primitive beliefs regarding, 39
Lifting of women at Easter, 84
Lightning: a punishment for unnecessary work, 70; makes the crops ripe, 309; fire produced from, highly valued, 353
Limpeting on Good Friday, 78
Lion Hunter: the tale of, 126
Lions: beliefs regarding, 284
Liquorice water: drunk at wells on Good Friday, 74
Little Easter Sunday: the first Sunday after Easter, 96
Little Red Man, the: tale of, 133
Llew Llawgyffes: tale of, 61
Lousing Day: Easter Mondav, 86
Love-Feast of Reconciliation, the, 70
Lovett, Mr. E.: exhibition of fire-making appliances, 115
Low Sunday: first Sunday after Easter, 96
Lullaby, a, from Harriseahead, 241
Mabinogion, the, 31-68; origins of tales, 32, 55
Madagascar: inauguration of the King, 30
Magic Head, the: tale of, 118
Magician, the: powers limited by tabu, 34; in Shakespeare, 391 et seq.
Magpie: an unlucky bird in Ireland, 261
Mahābhārata, the: tales of Indra and Xamuci, 63
Making Christ's Bed on Good Friday, 77
Makombe: tale of , 131
Malays: charm recited in fire-making, 356; method of fire-making, 358; mother purified by fire, 364
Mampara: tale of, 143
Mana: definition of, 24 ; implies tabu, 25
Man, the, and the Cow's Tail: tale of, 137
Man, the, and the Hare: tale of, 141
Man, Isle of: cattle driven over fires on May Day to preserve them from harm, 361
Manannán: carrying off of Mongan, 59
Marble-playing on Good Friday, 75
Marches, the Riding of, 210
Marett, R. R.: review of W. Wundt, Folk Psychology, 440 et seqq.
Martinmas, 405
Masked figures: processions of, 179
Masks: worn by Greek actors, 172
Maundy, the King's, 69; Thursday: observances, 69
May-Day observances in Ireland, 270; cattle driven over fires in Isle of Man, 361; references to, in Shakespeare, 400 et seq.
Mayo and Galway: folklore and legends of, 99
Mayor of the Bull Ring, 269
Maypoles: erected on Ascension Day, 206; on Whitsunday, 203
Meal: used in removing barrenness, 48
Mediterranean culture: influence of, on the Mabinogion, 67
Meetings of the Society, 1-3, 113-15. 237-8, 349-51
Melanesians, the: power of originating Mana, 26
Mermaid's Port: apparitions at, 79
