INDEX.
391
House, custom of blessing on entering,
53 House- custom ,315 House-sacrifice, Mortlvin, 84, 89 House-spirits, Mordvin, 72, 74, 75 House-worship of the god, Votyak,
129 How many miles to Gandigo, game of,
230-231 Human sacrifice, Coorg, 305 Hungarian story of Rumpelstiltskin,
147-148 Hunt-the-slipper, game of, 238 Hutt(A. G.), Chinese Zoological 31ythSy
318-319 ; Superstition and Sorcery
in New Guinea, 320-322
Iceland, church building legend, 153
Incantation, witch, 284
Indian story, variant of Baldur, HI
tribes of Himal«ya, significance
of names among, 158
Invernesshire, harvest custom, 50
Invisibility produced by swallowing raven-stone, 56
Irish harvest custom, 314
legends, 38-40 313-314
proverbs, 35-38
Iron touching of, to counteract ill- luck, 45
Italy, devil legend, 317
Jatakas quoted, 189
Jehovah, mystical attributes of the
name, 155 Jesus, mystical attributes of the namC;
155
Kaffirs, women prohibited from pro- nouncing husband's name, 158
Kc islanders; legends of, 22-23
Kelpie stories, Scottish, 199-201
Kent, harvest custom, 50
, horse -hair superstition, 317
Kilkenny cats, 36
Kinahan (G. H.), Irish Proverbs, 35- 38
Kirikitoun, Marie, Basque name of witch, 151
Kiss-in-the-ring, game of, 211-212
Kruzimiigeli, Austrian name for Rum- pelstiltskin, 148
Lady of the land, game of, 227-229 Laird of Kellater's witch, 283-284 Lake, dwellings under the water, 314
fairy of, married to human being,
313
Lammas day , safeguards against w itches used on, 277
Lamploo, game of, 232
Lancashire folklore, CO-Ol
Landlord and Tenant, song, 337, 353- 355
Lang (Andrew), election of, as Presi- dent, 18; address by, 19-20
Lapwing and the Virgin Mary, tra- dition of, 57
Lerwick, festival at, 178
L'Estranges fables, story from, qaotcd, 181
Lightning, beliefs as to, Mordrin, 103
Lincolnshire folkmedicine, 54-55
morris dance 331-355
Little girl of nine, game of, 207-208
Lizards, formerly little men, California, 24-25
London ballads, 27-35
Longgalls, game of, 235
Lot rhymes, 257-269
Macclesfield, Friday superstitions. 24 Magpies, first coming of, into Ireland,
39 Magyar story of Rumpelstiltskin, 149-
150 Maiden's festival, Mordvin, 107-113 Marrels, game of, 233 Marriage customs, Coorg, 298-300
divination. Scotland,*42
of gods with women, 78-79
Martinengo-Cesaresco (E ), Hereditary
2)(mer of curing disease, 62-63 Matheson (R.), Jirenhfasting at the
2)lovgh tail, 175-178 Mawther, Suffolk word, 138 May I go out to play, game of, 221 May-day custom, Scotland, 265 Meadows, pasture, and gardens, god- dess of, Mordvin, 71, 75 !Meath, legends from, 313-314 Medicine, folk, Lincolnshire, 54-55 Men, protection for, against witches,
279 Mending the shoe, game of, 237-238 Mexicans, objection to making their
names known, 159 Mickle bones mentioned in rhyme,
252 Middleton (J. H.), Cornish harvest
en st 0711, 315 Midwifery, socrcd to Mordvin goddess,
106, 122-124 Milk, cow's, restoration of, 281-282
