INDEX.
407
Earwig, a fairy horse, 154
Eggs, unlucky to fishermen, 55, 369
Elves, characteristics of, 142
Epiphany, Cornish tradition concern- ing the, 186
Essex, rhyme on, 82, 85
Esthonian folk-tale of "forbidden chamber " group, 198, 231
Esthonians, popular poetry of, 156-169
Eyebrow, itching of the, 90
Faerie, four meanings of, 139 Fairies in Drayton's poems, 134-155
- ' Faithless Sister " stories, 193-242
Family traditions, 80-81, 274-276 Fauns, association of, with nymphs, 138 Fen wick (J. G.): Bog-hite Superstition^
187 Fern-seed, produces invisibility, 132 Festival customs, a section of folk- lore, 5, 8 Fib, a fairy, 147, 150 Fig-Sunday, or Palm-Sunday, 283 Fighting at funerals, 281 Fire, fishing-lines drawn through, 181
used for turning away ill-luck,
308
superstitions as to giving it out
of the house, 309
First-foot superstition, 282 Fish in folk-tale incidents, 365-366 Fish-bones not burnt by fisher-folk, 183 Fishermen, folk-lore of, 52-56, 180-
184,305-311,378-379 Fishing-line, ceremonies during the
making of, 307 Flies, in fairy-mythology, 145-147 Flounder, rhymes on the, 310 Folkard (Richard) : Plant-Lore Le- gends and Lyrics, review of, 94 Folk-lore, definition of, 3, 14, 103, 112, 386-389
science of, 1-16, 97-121, 267-
269
subjects of, 5, 97-103
Folk-tales, general identification of, as folk-lore, 1
incidents in, 1
tabulation of, 93, 170-179,
367-377
titles of, 1
the *' forbidden chamber "
group, 19:5-242
Chilian, 289-305
of India, 56-79, 121-133, 242-
256, 328-366
Irish, 257-267
of Mongolia, 312-328
Folk-tales, Scottish, 269-274
Foot, itching of the, 91
Forespeaking, superstition of, 311
Fowls (domestic) not eaten by fisher- folk, 182
Fox, in folk-tale incidents, 269-270, 271-272
Frazer (James G.): Death and Burial Customs (Scotland), 281-282
French folk-tale of " forbidden cham- ber " group, 195, 225, 227, 238
Frere (Miss M.) : Old Dec can Days, tabulation of tales in, 170-179
Friday, sailors' superstitions about, 180
Galiards, danced by the nymphs, 138
Gamelin, tale of, 49-51
Games, a section of folk-lore, 5, 99
mentioned in Indian folk-tales,
78
of nymphs, 138
Gardner (C): on Folk-Lore in Man- golia, 312-328
Geese in Indian folk-tales, 69
Geese, barnacle, tradition of, 81
German folk-tale of " forbidden cham- ber" group, 199, 211, 212, 223
Glastonbury thorn, tradition of the, 81-82
Gloucestershire, rhyme on, 82, 85
Goat in folk-tale incidents, 71-74,359- 360
Goats, origin of, 220, 321
Gogmagog, tradition of, 80
Gomme (G. L.): on The Science of Folk-Lore, 1-16
Good Friday buns as medicine, 91
Gratitude, groundwork of folk-tale, 348-353
Greek folk-lore, book on, reviewed, 191-192
folk-tales of " forbidden-cham- ber" group, 196, 197, 205, 211, 220, 223, 226, 233, 238
Gregor (Eev. Walter): Some Folk-tales and Woi'd-jingles from Aherdeen and Banff Shires, 269-274; Some Folk-lore of the Sea, 52-56, 180-185, 305-311
Grizel-Greedigut, a fairy imp, 147
Guichot y Sierra (A.): Boletin folk- lorico Fspanol reviewed, 189
Gull, a fairy, 141
Gulls, sea, cry before disaster, 306
Haddock, sayings concerning the, 310
Peel, name given to the sea,
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