Kirby (W. F.): on The Forbidden Doors of the thousand and one nights, 112-124
Knife, Cornish proverb on the, 195
Knockers, fairies known as, 188
Knuckle-bones carried as charms, 201
Kulu district, Himalayas, dance by men of, 277-279; similar to those of Greece, 294
Labourers, Greek festivals instituted for benefit of, 292
Ladakh, dances of tribes of, 281-283; similar to those of Greece, 294-295; Spain, 298
Ladder, witches', found in Somersetshire, 1-5, 81-84, 257-259
"Ladies trees" used as protection from fire, Cornwall, 220
"Lady Queen Anne," Cornish children's game, 52
Land tenures, Cornish, 20-21; in Wiltshire, 303
Lang (A.): The most pleasant and delectable tale of the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, reviewed, 268-270
Lapwing, red wattle, legend of, 353
Launceston Castle, local name for, 199
Lawyers, story of cuteness of, 111
Leedstown, Cornwall, ghost story at, 20
"Leep the long mare," Cornish boys' game, 60
Legends, Chinese, 124-127; Cornish, 14-45; Irish, 66-68
of King Arthur in Cornwall, 87
of Buccaboo, Cornish storm god, 106-107
of giants, Cornish, 88
of mermaid in Cornwall, 98
of pixies in Cornwall, 181
of spider and Christ, 89
Leland (C. G.): on The witches' ladder, 257-259
Lemon, remedy against vomiting among the Japanese, 155
Letter, superstitions about, 220
Lewis (J. P.): on The evil eye and the evil tongue, 261; on Building superstitions, 260
"Libbety, libbety, libbety-lat," Cornish children's game, 59
Liège Cathedral, dance in, 303
"Little people," race of, in Friesland folk-tale, 336
Liver complaints, Irish cures for, 12, 13
"Looby looby light," children's game called, 326
London, fortune telling in, 72
Luck, omens of, 191, 192, 193, 195, 218, 316
"Lucky bird," custom in Yorkshire, called, 74-75
Lung diseases, Irish plant cures for, 12
Lyonnesse, Cornwall, tradition of flood at, 94-95
Magical ring worn by witches, 196
"Malaga rasins," Cornish children's game, 51
Malay folk-lore, 328-331
"Man who never laughed," Forbidden Door story, 113, 115
Manorial custom at Penzance, 111
Mansfield (M. L): on Chinese legends and superstitions, 124-129
Marazion, apparition at, 15; proverb connected with mayor, 15
Marbles, Cornish boys' games played with, 59, 60
Marjoram, cure for indigestion, 13
Marriage by capture, dance typical of, among hill tribes of Assam, 273-276; see "Capture"
Marriage customs, American children's games connected with, 134-139; Chinese, 226-235; Cornish, at St. Keyne's Well, 93, 215-217
Marriages, superstitions connected with, Cornwall, 210; customs, 215-217; in Culdaff, Donegal, 332; in Sligo, 334
Marrow-bone, payment of, by butchers to bailiff of the manor, 111
Marshmallow, cure for gravel, 12
Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess, on Negro Songs from Barbadoes, 5-10
Martinique, apparition of Père Labat in, 316
Masks worn by dancers in Ladakh valley, 283
May, superstitions connected with, 210-212
May-pole dance, native Indian dance resembling, 247-248
Mayor and corporation of Penzance, custom of, 108
Meadow-sweet, cure for scrofula, 13
Medical plants believed in by Irish peasantry, 11-13
Merlin's Car, rock called, 106
Mermaids, belief in, in Cornwall, 180; by Indians of Guiana, 319
carving of, in Zennor Church, 98
Mice, Cornish superstition about, 217