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INDEX.
Abercromby (J.), a Gaelic charm by, 192
Accounts, 406-408
Africa (South), rainmaker's customs in, 216
African Nanci story, 284-287
"A-hunting we will go," singing game, 386
Almanach des traditions populaires, notice of, 95
Alyarez (Fran.), Poesía Popular, notice of, 231; Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares Espanoles, notice of, 399
America, folk-lore in, 397-398
Analysis of folk-tales, 41-51
Ananci stories, 280-292
Andrews (Mrs.), query on buttoning garments by, 197
Angalàpona (the), fabulous Malagasy animal, 173
Animal sacrifice in Egypt, 92
Animals, fabulous, among the Malagasy, 169-174; superstitions connected with (Yucatan), 256
Ant, hero changes into, in Malagasy folk-tale, 203
Anthropology and the Vedas, 107-114
Apperson (Gt. L.), index to the folk-lore of Horace by, 115-118
Babylonian folk-lore, 16-22
Balam, spirits among the Maya (Yucatan), 251-253
Balaton (Lake), origin of, 358
Ball, game of in Irish folk-tale, 316
Banbury (Oxon), nursery rhyme in, 196
Barnard Castle, term of reproach, 227
Basingstoke parish church, New Year's Eve custom in, 333
Bat, superstition about the, 382
Beetle-lore, 188, 189
Bells, custom of ringing at death (Magyar), 357
Bells used in Morris dancing, 122
"Belly and the members" (fable), Malagasy parallel to, 240-241
Bewcastle, term of reproach, 227
Bible, divination by the, 333
Bible, evidence of as to savage man, 109
Bibliography of folk-lore publications in English, 77-84, 344-350, 387-394, 403; of American folk-lore, 397
Birds mourn for Christ's death (Spain), 295
Birth-custom (Cornwall), 59
Birth, assistance demanded by fairies from women at time of, 25; fairies take away children at, 56
Black (W. G.), the hare in folk-lore by, 84-90; illustrations of folk-lore from works of fiction, 299-300; bibliographical list of American folk-lore, 397-398
Blind (Dr. K,), on May-chafer and spring songs in Germany, 187-190
"Bogle Hole," spirit of, 226
Bogy stories among the Malagasy, 169-174
Bones, dead men's, used by rainmakers (Polynesia), 215
Bounds, beating the, custom analogous to, 156
Brabrook (E. W.), on May customs in Provence, 301
Branwen, Irish parallel tale to, 123; additions to tale of, 268
Bread thrown over bride, 120
Brinton (Dr. D.), on folk-lore of Yucatan, 244-256
Britten (James), on children's street songs, 90, 196, 267; on Irish folk-tales, 52-55, 184-187, 316-324, 363; on trolls in Norway, 363; on Warwickshire customs (1759-60), 351-353; on witchcraft in churning, 123; witch-spell on cattle, 166
Brood of ducks, proper name for, 124
