Index.
457
Eve, i68 ; on St. Martin's Day,
i68 Bonfires : lighted on Hallow E'en,
55. 63. 76 ; on Gu}' Fawkes'
Day, 81, 82 Brabrook, Sir E. : on " Biblio- graphy of Sir L. Gomme's
work," 106 Brand: "Popular Antiquities,"
report of Committee on, 10-12 ;
materials for the Catalogue of,
52-86, 164-176, 295-304,415-431 Bride, the : dressed in old night
attire, 314 ; price of, in For- mosa, 128-130 Buddhism : the doctrines of, 288 Bull, the : a sacred animal, 143 ;
a dispenser of mana, 160 ;
baiting, stages of, 144 et seq. ;
baiting in Great Britain, 158 ;
head of, used in rite of cursing,
139 ; lifting of, 150 et seq. Burial place in Easter Island,
348 Burne, Miss C. S. : on " Witclicraft
in Great Britain," 451 Bussell, F. W. : on the ' ' Persistence
of Primitive Beliefs in Theology, "
279-294
Cake Night: Hallowmas, 53; cakes
at Hallow E'en, 56 et seq. ;
distributed at a christening,
317 e^ seq. Camberley : folldore from, 317 Camphor : burnt in oath-taking,
104 et seq. Candlemas : the Devil appearing
at, 252. Candles : Christmas, 106 et seqq. ;
lighted on Christmas Eve, 428 Cannibalism : in Easter Island,
340; in Formosa, 116; at
witches' meetings, 256 Carnival Day, 5th November, Si ;
Fair, 85 Carpenter : effigy of, paraded on
St. Clement's Day, 171 Catana : a coin from, 144 Catten's Day : St. Katherine's
Day, 172 Cattle : killed on Lord Mayor's
Day, 166 ; 9th November, 168 Cave, a magic, 92 Cenad-y-meirw : wheaten cakes
distributed on St. Thomas'
Day, 303
Charms : exhibition of, 99 et seq. ;
to produce love, 330 ; to recover
a lover, 318 Chatham Island : flint implements
found in, 358 Childbirth : purification after, in
Formosa, 126 Children : born at Christmastide,
power of seeing spirits, 417 Chiwidden Day : last Thursday
before Christmas, 296 Christening cakes, 317 et seq. Christmas : Block, the, 424 ;
Brand, the, 424 ; Bush, the;
422 ; Candles, 106 et seqq. ;
Mock, the, 424 ; Stock, the,
424 Christmastide : celebrations at,
415 et seqq. Church : removed by the Devil,
311. 314 Clothes, new : worn at Christmas- tide, 419 Coach : the phantom, 93 et seq. ;
with headless horses, seen at
Christmastide, 418 Coirligheile puzzle : signification
of, 332 Commons : rights entered on at
gth November, 167 Connacht coast : legends of, 150-
207 Cook, Captain : visit of, to Easter
Island, 361 Coomishinaun lake : phenomenon
at, 89 Corning, begging, 299 Cornwall : tales from, 317 et seq. Corpses : exhumed to make
charms, 257 Council of the Society : report of,
4 et seqq. ; appointment of
members, 3 Court, Mrs. E. K. M. : " Queries on
Egyptian Mythology," ^^letseq. Covines : witch companies, 239 Crete : gems from, 141 Cromwell, Oliver : traditions of,
445 Crooke, \\. : review of A. S. Rattray, Ashanti Proverbs ; J. M. Dalziel, A Hausa Botanical Glossary, 108 etseq. ; of L. M. J, Garnet't, Balkan Home Life, 452 et seq. ; on Bull-baiting, Bull- racing, Bull-fights, 141 et seqq. ; on the Cursing of Venezelos, 449
