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Index.
Transformed substances, (stones
into peas, etc.) 379 Voyage and return tales, 293 ; Voyage in search of unknown
queen, 299 Winning of bride against father's
wish, 303 _ Winning princess unknown to adventurer at outset, {a) as accidental to search for other things, 298 ; (/5) as sole object of expedition, 299, 300, 302 Youngest son's adventures, 293 Folktale themes, difficulty of deciding on identity or resemblance of com- mon plots, 294 Folktale, A, from Kumaon, by Pandit
Bhagwan Das Sarma, 181 Food, folklore of, Irish, 15, Scotch,
Fool of Oxfordshire festivals, see Clow'n, Squire
Football in Scotland, days and places for, 74
- Forego,' a portent, 213, 217
' Forest Feathers,' of Oxfordshire festivals, 314
Forest rights, of Oxfordshire places, see Whit -hunt.
Formulae for god-compulsion, ^(.mv tti'oymi, 339,
Fornaldar Sogur (Rafn), quoted, on Hjalmter, 304
Four Yorkshire Folktales, by S. O. Addy, 393
Fox-tongue poultice, as cure for thorn in finger, 387
' Foxy's fire,' 235
France, folklore of, (^see Arc, Joan of), fairies, 35, charms, 98, rope- makers in Brittany, 160, ' soule,' ball-game in Brittany, 175, dracs, 237, romance of Durmart le Gallois, 296, Basque belief in three witch- waves, 339, devil-imprisonment tales. 348, blasons in Franche- Comte, 364, the Arthur tales in Brittany, 365,
Frazer, (James G.), on trees wither- ing when overlooked by hungry owner, 11, Plough Monday, 1S4
Freya, parallel, in Bride, 291, and Gerd, compared with Tochmarc Emer, etc., 301
Friday, last in the year, as marriage- day in Scotland, 92
Fro, German idol, carried about, 337
Furies, the, 275
Fursa, and the Dragon, 236
Gaelic romance in relation to Ice- landic and Dutch, 306
(james, ball-playing, [sec Ball mid Football), Cornish Hurling, 73, ball-playing on Ascension Day, 175, on Christmas Day, 73, 74. on Corpus Christi, 175, at Easter 73, 175, on New Year's Day, 74, on St. Crispin's Day, 75, 173, on Shrove Tuesday, 72, 175, on Fastern's e'en, 74. on Sunday, 72, 73, on Quinquagesima Monday, 73, Cabsow, 73, Hood game 72- 173, She Kyles, or Ninepins, 74, ^ Soule, 175
Ganas, 328
Garigadevara, Canarese pot-goddess, 352
Garland, Mayday, in Oxfordshire,
308. Gayatri, the most sacred Mantra,
330 Gelert, the faithful hound, parallel
tale, 116 Germany, folklore of, {see Silesia) Bar-
barossa's sleep, 197, fairy lore akin
to Irish, 45, idols carried about in,
337, Rapunzel tale, 299, Passion
Play, the, 370, 372 Getae, menace their gods, 339 Ghanta-karan, Dravidian jar-god,
353
Ghazi Miyan, procession of, in North India, 337
Ghost Lights of the West Highlands, by R. C. Maclagan, 203
Ghost Lights, as death portents. 205, 207, 220 (and see below\ possible origin, 206, 209, associated with bridges, 209, 216, foretell drown- ing, shipwreck, etc., 211-216, 3S2. 383, 3S5, associated with the devil. 218, portend loss of power in parts of the body, 219
Ghosts, offerings to, 264, boggards, 377, Indian, exorcism of, 331, with and without shrines, 331, dwellings for, 334, laying of, and imprisonment, 347, 353
Giant Wade and his wife, 279
Giant, hired against Orendel 292, helpers in \Vhite-bearded Scolog, 29S, riddles asked by, 302, Yspadd- aden Pencawr, 303
