INDEX.
373
St. Declau's Church, origin of, 72 ;
cell of, at Ardmore, story of, 72 St. Denis, tradition of, Cornish, 31 St. Grade parsonage, tenure of, 21 St. John's Eve, bonfire in Donegal,
332 St. John's Wort, cure for liver and
gravel complaints, 12 St. Keverne, legend of, 22 St. Ke}Tie's well, marriage custom at,
93 St. Levan, legend of, 103-104 ; stone
of, prophecy concerning, 104 St. Mary's, Scilly Isles, tradition of, 39 St. Michael's chair, Cornwall, custom
at, 93 St Michael's Mount, traditions of, 93-
95 St. Molush's house, Fermanagh, 333 St. Neot, tradition of, 32 ; pool of, 92 St. Nicholas's well, Fermanagh, 333 St. Nighton's Kieve, story connected
with, 34-35 St, Nunn's well, Cornwall, legend of,
91 St. Just, legend of, 22 St. Patrick, tradition of, 39 ; and the
devil, legend of, 71 St. Paulinus, festival of, at Nola, South
Italy, 305-311 St. Warna, stories of, 45 Salisbury Cathedral, dance in, 303 San Filippo, festival of in Sicily, 71 Sastri (Pandit S. M.): Dravidian
Nights Entertainment, reviewed,
170-172 Sawyer ^^F. E.) : on Numbers in Folk
Medicine, 265 Scalds, charm for cure of, Cornwall, 200 " Scat," Cornish children's game, 50 Schoolboy superstitious beliefs, 214-215 Sciatica, Irish plant cure for, 13 Scilly Isles, tradition as to origin of,
39 Scottish customs, temp. 1535, 262 Scrofula, Irish plant cure for, 12, 13 Serpent worship among the Coorgis
of Southern India, 251 Seventh son born with power of
" charming," 198 Seville Cathedral, religious dance in,
303-305 " Shallal," Cornish local name for mar- riage serenade, 216 Sham-fight performed by the Coorgis
of Southern India, 250-252 " She said and she said," Cornish child- ren's game, 51
Sheep living in stables with horses. West India superstition, 315
" Shime," explanation of, 156
Shingles, charms for cure of, 205-206
" Ship Sail," Cornish boys' game, 59
Shoes used by Chinese parents as charm, 223-224 ; at Chinese wed- dings, 232
Shovel (Sir Cloudesley), stories of, 41-43
Shroud of corpse pinned instead of sewed produces ghosts, 261-262
Shrove Tuesday, dancing in churches on, 303
custom in Antrim, 333
Sicily, superstition in, 71
Silver, piece of, put into mouth of corpse in China, 238-239
" Sing low, sweet chariot," negro song, 131
" Singeing the little pig," Chinese birth custom, 225
"Skip, Angelina," American child- ren's game, 136
Sligo, ma,rriage and funeral customs in, 334-335
Slippers used as cure for cramp, 202
" Small people," Cornish name for fairies, 177
" Smith and the devil," legend of, Cornish, 87
Snails, Cornish superstitions about, 193
Snake-bites, charm for cure of, 207
Snake-stones worn in rings, Cornwall, 196
Snakes, charms to keep away, 207
Sneezing, an omen of ill-luck among aboriginal Formosa, 149
" Solomon had a great dog," Cornish children's game, 50
Somali tribes, notes on the folk-lore and social customs of, 322-324
Somersetshire, witches' ladder in, 82-83
witches tales in, 161-162
Songs, negro, from Barbadoes, 5-10
Song-games and wonder-tales, Ameri- can, 134-139
Sorrel, cure for cancer, 11
Sowing, dance of Hindu women at time of, 253-254
Spade cultivation in South Italy, 306
Spain, secular dances of, 295-299 ; similar to those of the east, 296- 298
Spectre ships, omen of wrecks, Corn- wall, 189
Spider and Christ, legend of, Corn- wall, 89
