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INDEX.
Pigwiggeu, a fairy, 143, 148, 150, 154
Pike, tradition of, 81
Pin, a fairy, 147, 150
Pinck, a fairy, 147, 150
Pip, a fairy, 147, 150
Pitre (Dr. G.) : Novelle popolari Tos-
cane, reviewed, 286-287 Place legends, a section of folk-lore, 5,
79,98 Pluto, his position in faiiydom, 148 Plymouth, tradition relating to, 80 Poor, curious ceremony for relief of,
280 Portuguese story of " forbidden cliam-
ber" group, 197 Pride in folk-tale incidents, 248-249 Prison-base, a game played by the
nymphs, 138 Proserpina, a fairy goddess, 155 Proverbs in Drayton's poems, 88-90 North Indian, 16-44 ; Scottish,
52,53
a section of folk-lore, 5
Puck, characteristics of, 149 Punchkin, tabulation of the tale of, 170-171
group of stories, 241
Pyewackett, a fairy imp, 147
Quick, a fairy, 147, 150
Rabbit, unlucky to fisher-folk, 182, 308 Ram fighting in folk-tale incidents,
248-249 Randolph (T.), conception of fairy
palace, 140 Rasalu (Raja), variant to legend of,
60-61 Rats in folk-tale incidents, 132, 133,
257, 334, 340-350, 351
unlucky to fisher-folk, 182, 308
unlucky to speak of, 309
Raven in folk-tale incident, 257
superstition concerning, 284
Reaping song, Esthonian, 162 Red hair, fisher-folk's idea of, 308 Reid (John): Mongolian Legend, 283-
284 Reviews, 92-95, 188-192, 284-288, 380-
383 Rhyme in folk-tales, 305 Rhymes on the haddock, 310
local, 82-88
traditional, a section of folk- lore, 6
Rhyming games, 273-274
incantations, importance of,
191
Riches in folk-tale incidents, 333-335 Riddle, Mongolian, 317
story, 272-273
Riddles, custom of asking, 138
a section of folk-lore, 5
River-sprite in folk-tale incidents, 365-
366 Robin Hood epos, origin of, 44-52 Romulus, Mongolian form of the legend,
322 Roumanian folk - tale of " forbidden
chamber " group, 214, 228, 234 Rue, superstitious uses of, 152 Russian folk-tales of " forbidden cham- ber " group, 216 Russians, origin of, 283-284 Rutland, bee superstition in, 379 rhyme on, 83, 85
Sacrifice for luck at fishing, 378
St. Elmo's light, 306
St Mark's eve, 278-279
Salmon, name for, 309 ; unlucky to speak of, 309 ; unlucky to fishermen, 308
Saturday, favourite day for launching boat, 307
Sayce (Prof.): Introduction to the Science of Language, 3
Sayings, popular, a section of folk- lore, 5, 101
Scholar, the poor, folk-tale from county Kerrv, 257-267
Science of Folk-lore, 1-16, 97-121, 267, 269
Scilly, tradition respecting, 79
Sclavonic folk-tales of " forbidden chamber" group, 215, 217, 218
Scotland (witchcraft in), book on, re- viewed, 189
. folk-lore of the %Qa.,see " Sea "
stories of " forbidden cham- ber" group, 197, 198, 201
Sea, folk-lore of the, 52-56, 180-185, 305-311, 384
Sea- sprite, Indian folk-tale of, 328-329
Serfdom of Esthonians, 162-164, 166
Serpent, in Indian folk-tales, 56-60
Seventh son, superstition of the, 311
Shakespeare's fairies, 151
Sharpe (Charles Kirkpatrick) : Histo- rical Account of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland reviewed, 189
Sheep, origin of, 321
lucky to meet, 282
Shires, characteristics of the, 82-83
