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St. Dunstan: legend of, 310.
St. George: legend of, in Egypt, 201.
St. John's Eve: holy water sprayed on potato fields, 235.
St. Joseph: Holy Thorn of, 308.
St. Valentine and pigeons, 243.
Salt, in Egypt: spoiled if a lizard treads on it, 200.
San Christoval Island: beliefs regarding the soul, 60; burial mounds at, 297.
Sanctuary at Tailltiu, 109.
Sayce, Prof. A. H.: on Cairene and Egyptian Folklore, 173 et seqq.
Scariff: tale of, 236 et seq.
Seasonal aspects of folklore, 18 et seqq.
Sen: Rai Sahib Dinesh Chandra, Sājhar Bhog, reviewed, 258 et seq.
Serpent: destroying a man's sight, 202.
Shadow, the: and the soul, 62 et seqq.
Shortland Islands: beliefs regarding the soul, 58 et seq.
Shrove Tuesday: observances, 239 et seq., 240 et seq., 246 et seqq.
Somerset: folklore notes from, 77, 239 et seqq.
Song of action, a, 320.
Soul substance in New Guinea and Melanesia, 48 et seqq.; soul and the shadow, 62 et seqq.
Smith, Dr. A. V.: obituary of, 87.
Spearwort: drives off rats and cures toothache, 236.
Stone-throwing on Shrove Tuesday Eve, 239 et seq.
Stride, W. R.: on the Raven totem tribe in Palestine, 185.
Sun, the: marriage of, in Ireland, 118 et seqq.
Sun-dial, primitive: used in Egypt, 201.
Survivals in custom and belief, 12 et seq.
Swastika, the, 279 note.
Sword, magic: in Egypt, 203.


Taboo: in Polynesia, explained, 65.
Tailltiu: sanctuary at, 109; god of, 111.
Tami Islands: beliefs in, 54.
Tarquin dynasty, the, 97.
Telltown: marriages at, 123 et seqq.; remains at, 136 et seqq.
Thirteen: number, and witches, 204 et seqq.
Thomas, N. W.: Thirty-two Folk-tales of the Edo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria, 210 et seqq.
Thorn, the Holy: of St. Joseph, 308, 311.
Toothache charms, 236.
Totemism in Palestine: the Raven clan, 155.
Tower: clipping of, 242.
Townshend, Mrs. D.: on hanging of horseshoes, 233 et seq.
Tree: nails driven into, as a charm, 202 et seq.
Twelfth Night Eve: observances, 248 et seq.


United States, America: use of weapon salve, 74 et seq.


Water: in Egyptian marriage rites, 200; thrown over a boat to bring good luck, 202.
Weapon salve in United States, America, 74 et seq.
Weather signs, 319.
Weeks, W. T. M.: on a charm against witches and evil spirits, 116 et seq.; things seen through glass, 237 et seq.
Westropp, T. J.: on Marriages of the Gods at the Sanctuary of Tailltiu, 109 et seq.
Whiting, Abbot, 309.
Whooping cough: a cure of, 320.
Whytyng, Abbot, 309.
Wigs used in Fiji and Samoa, 305.
Witches and evil spirits, charm against, 75 et seq., 146 et seq.; witches and the number thirteen, 204 et seqq.
Women: in Irish sanctuaries, 112.
Woodhouse, E.: on charms against witches and evil spirits, 75 et seq.
Wormwood: Egyptian saying regarding, 197.


Yeast: spoiled by the sun or by a cat, 200.
Ynyswytrin, 308.


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