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Greek, 262, 263, 367, animal, in Babylonia, 357, animal substituted for human in Greece, 262, horse- sacrifice, a suggestion, 71, Aryan, bargain element in, 360, communion with the divine by means of, 46, 325, 349, earliest occasion and object, 325, 349, human, agri- cultural, 44, 46, 47, 48, 263, of Christian children by Jews, (alleged) 276, traces of human, in India, 334, alleged Italian modern, 374, propitiatory, 275, psychology of, 44-48, in relation to changelings, 47, in relation to priesthood, 66, in Southern India, modern, 352, symbolic, 73, thres- hold, 54
Sacrificial features in Oxfordshire seasonal festivals, 316
Saint Anastasio, medals of, to avert infection and Evil Eye, 8
Saint Barbato, destroys the walnut tree of Benevento, i
Saint Columba, see Columkille
Saint Crispin's Day, and ball game,
75
Saint Cuthbert, his abode, 68
Saint George and the Prince of Para- dise, 70
Saint John's Day, prophecy concern- ing, 236
Saint John's Eve, Italian witchcraft powerless on, 8
Saint Nathalan, feast of, and ball game, 74
Saint Oswald, German poem, 294
Saint Patrick and the destruction of Crom Cruaich. 44, and Crom Dubh, 368
Saint Paul, conversion of, feast in connection with witches, 2
Saint Stephen's Day, 291
Saint Ubaldo, rite of, 346
Saints, the, in relation to survivals of paganism, 275, 337
Sala, consort of Babylonian sun-god, false arms of image, 341
Salagrama stone, the holy, how en- shrined, 345
Salamis, battle of, and the --Kakid idols, 337
Salt as cure for scalds or burns, 388, as protection against Evil Eye, 8, unlucky to lend, (Irish) 14
Samas, Babylonian sun-god, 358
Samfiuctts tiigra, (herb) as cure for epilepsy, 389
Samhla. (a likeness) 206
Samoan god, a, his emblems, 352, Tui Tokelau, annually shown, 355
Samos, and the stolen image of Hera, 338
Sanas, a warning light, 205
Sand in connection with Evil Eye, 8
Saobhadh, (a superstition or foolish- ness) 205, 213, 220
Sarma, Pandit Bhagwan Das, A Folktale from Kumaon, 181
Satin Frock, the, a Yorkshire folk- tale, by S. O. Addy, 394
Saturday, in relation to witchcraft, 3
Saturnus, chained image of at Rome, 342
Savage association of power with size, 277, sense of the ridiculous, 364
Savitar, Babylonian sun-god, 341
Saxo, his name for Plamlet's father, 290, 291, tale of Alf and Alfhild, 297. 303. tale of Syritha a parallel of Rapunzel, 299
Scalds and burns, cures for, 388
Scandinavia, (see Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), ball play in, 174, the columns of Ingolf, 178, legends of images, 333, of devil- binding, 347
Scarlatina, cure for, 390
Scarlet fever, cure for, 386
Scawby feast, local joke on, 365
Scholiast to the Iliad, the, tjuoted on the imprisonment of Ares, 349, 350
Scotland, folklore of, Argyllshire folklore, 297, Ball games at Scone and elsewhere. 74, 173, Death and Funeral customs or beliefs, Corpse- Candles, 205, various names for, 205, modern instances, 210, 240, distinct from the ' dreug,' 241, Ghost Lights of the West High- lands, 203, Burning dead men's bedding, 206, Will-o'-the-Wisp in, 215, 220, 221, Drowning peats after giving fire, 220, ' Goodman's croft.' 284. good people, euphemism for fairies, 285, Hebridean folklore, 380: Evil eye, charm for, 92, Hills appropriated to clans, 208. Marriage, favourite day for, 92 ; Medicinal folklore, 390, Witclicraft, precau- tions against, 220
