Courtney (Miss M. A.): on Cornish Folk-lore, 14-61, 85-112, 197-220
Couvade, custom of, 351
Cow, lactiferous, in Irish legend, 66
Cow belonging to fairies yielding more milk, 177
Cradle, superstitions connected with, 210
Cramp, charms for cure of, 201, 202
Irish plant cure for, 12
Crane's bill, cure for hæmorrhage, 13
Creation, legend of, in Guiana, 317
Crickets, Irish superstition about, G9
Crows and St. Neot, legend of, 32
Cuckoo, Cornish Gochamite story of, 34
Culdaff, Donegal, customs in, 331-332
"Cursing" stone used by Irish people in Donegal, 68
Cuts, Irish cures for, 11
"Cutters and Trucklers," Cornish boys' game, 60
Dances, secular and religious, of primitive people in Asia and Africa, 246-254, 273-314
in Christian churches, 300-305
of howling and dancing dervishes, 284-286
funeral, in the Sahara, 290; of Greece, 292-295
pyrrhic, of the High Alps, 312-314
religious, of South Italy, 305-311; similar to that of Rugonath, in Himalayas, 309-311
of Spain, 295-299; gipsy, 297
Dandelion, cure for stomach disorders, 12
"Darkies' song," Barbadoes negro song, 6-7
Days, holy, in Antrim, 333
lucky, chosen for burial in China, 239, 240
lucky and unlucky, in Cornwall, 190
Dead man's hand, used as charm, Cornwall, 204, 205
Death, signs of, 107
customs, Chinese, 235-245; Cornwall, 32, 218; in Sligo, 334
West Indies omen of, 315
Decorations for New Year in Japan, 154-156
Deluge legend, tradition of, among the Fijians, 257; of Guiana, 317, 321
Demon stories, Cornish, 23-28
Dervish, meaning of word, 284
Dervishes, dances and exercises of, 284-286
Devil bird of Ceylon, legend of, 352
Devil's footprints, markings in stones called, 106
"Devil's door" at Wellcombe Church, 35
Devnish, co. Fermanagh, customs in, 333
Dew-snail used in cure, 199
Diarrhœa, Irish plant cures for, 12
Diokleia, Greek festival called, 292
Diseases cured by Aïssaoua Arabs, 280
charms for curing, Cornwall, 31.199,
cures for, in Donegal, 332-333
cured by San Filippo, in Sicily, 71
cattle, cures for in Donegal, 332
Divination at Cornish Mên-an-tol, 31 at Cornish wells, 92
Divorce, reasons for in China, 230; form of, among the Somali, 323
Dock, cure for liver complaints, 13
Dodge (Rev. R.), Cornish ghost layer, 25
Dog, howling of, omen of ill-luck among aboriginal Formosa, 151
Donegal folk-lore, 66-68
customs and traditions in, 331-332
Donkey's ear used as cure in Cornwall, 210
Doors, forbidden, in the thousand and one night stories, 112-124
Dosmery pool, Cornwall, tasks of ghosts at, 100
Dove, spotted, Malay tradition about, 331
Doves, maidens in form of, in Forbidden Door story, 118
Dravidian Nights Entertainment, reviewed, 170-172
Dreams, miraculous, attributed to fairies, 186
omens from, 213, 214, 215
Dress worn by Moors and Arabs, 286-288
of people of Cairo, 283-284; of dancing and howling dervishes, 284-286
of corpses in China, 238
of choristers in Seville Cathedral dance, 304
of Greek people at festival of Diokleia, 293-296
