INDEXES.
SUBJECT-INDEX.
Abduction of Samri, Balochi tale, 518-20 Abercromby, Hon. J., Chicago Folk- lore Congress of 1893, 34S"8 I Magic Songs of the Finns, v, 27-49
Review of Prof. Comparetti on
Kalevala, 102-5 Aberdeenshire, First-footing in, 315-22 Abererch, sacred well near, 63 Abergele, sacred well near, 57 Abstract qualities personified in Balochi
folk-tale. 298 Afterbirth of sheep, superstition con- nected with, 5 Ale, spiced, on New Year's Day, 315 Ales, mentioned in medireval wills, 513-
14
Aller, John, legend about, 399
Alsace, folk-tales from, 99
Animal, helpful, 276
Animal mother, 276
Animals, language of, in Sz6kely folk- tale, 344
Annual Address by President, 1-26
Annual Report of Council, 112-18
Annual Meeting in Provinces, 115
Anthropological method of folk-tale re- search, 282
Apples, bobbing for, 362
Archaism in folk-tales, 438 et seq.
Arthurian saga, Welsh element in, 385 ; Loth's criticism of Zimmer's views on, 384-85 ; factors in Arthurian problem, 385-86
Assignation by signs in folk-tales, 287
Balance-Sheet of Folk-lore Society,
1892, 118 Balder myth and the Pace-egg or
Easter play, 156-58 Balfour, Mrs., on Bogles and Ghosts,
107 Balochi Tales, by M. L. Dames, iii,
285-302 ; iv, 518 ei seq. " Bare Bull of Orange," 325 Barvas, Lewis, wall dormitories in, 19 Barlaam and Josaphat, Armenian ver- sion of, 96 Baxters or bakers at first-footing, 311 Bear, Great, Finnish myth about, 44 Beli Mawr, Zimmer's theory concerning,
383 Bewitched butter, 180-81
Bhuta = malignant vampire-like ghost
in South India, 217-18 Bogles and Ghosts, 107 Bones as talismans in South Indies, 216 " Boroma" Irish saga, variations in text
of, 373 Borrowing theory, 12, 449-50 Braemar, wedding custom at, 318 Bride, cup borne before, 515 Bridgend, sacred well near, 55 Brittany, incidents and folk-tales of, 92 Broadwood, Miss L. E. , on Lenten
custom in South Italy, 390 Brugh, tumuli at, 370 Bryncroes, sacred well near, 61 Burial customs of prehistoric population
of Dorset and Wilts, 244 Buried treasure in ancient Iceland, 231 Bush-carrier in May-Day festivities, 51
Cairn for murdered person, 357 " Cap o' Rushes" story, 279 Carrickfergus, mother's custom anent
last breast, 8 Carolina, negro legends of, 96 Casual theory of folk-tale resemblances,
280, 449 Cat as first-foot, 320 Catskin, story of, 272, 277 ; Goldsmith
knew it, 278 Celtic Myth and Saga, A. Nutt on,
365-87 Celtic variants of Cinderella, 273, 275,
276 Ceremonial union with god, root idea
of pin and rag-offering, 469 ei seq. Chaff" in Eyes, origin of, Finnish magic
song about, 41 Chained Images, Miss Godden on, 108;
Major Temple on, in Burma, 247 Changelings, 358 Cheltenham, May-Day in, 50-54 Chicago Folk-lore Congress, 345-48 Child-exposure in heathen Iceland, 231 Children's burial-ground in Ireland, 351 Chimney sweeps, connection with May- Day, 53 Christmas plays, 119 Cinderella and Armenian Mythology, 96; in Britain, A. Nutt on, 133-41; J. Jacobs on, 269-84; and the Diffu- sion of Tales, A. Lang, 415-33 ; Mr,
