Index.
491
Ross-shire : {^see also Contin) ; babies' flatulence cured by administering umbilical cord, 445 ; king's evil cured by seventli son, 448 ; unbaptized child buried after sunset, 444
Roundway Down, headless ghost,
347
Rouse, W. H. D., Burial of the Dead Horse, 434; The Divining Rod in U.S.A., 434-5 ; Inscrip- tion on Roman Lamp, 324
Roiissillon, Legendcs du, by H. Chauvet, reviewed by E. S. Hart- land, 314-5
Roxburgh, see Kelso
Rtigen, seal descended from drowned persons, 235
RUgensche Skizzen, by Dr. A. Haas, reviewed by E. S. Hartland, 202-3
Rules of Folk-Lore Society, new, 41, 46
Rumania, legend of death of Moses, 201 ; popular charms, 129-62; La Veillee : Douze Contcs Traduits du Roumain, by J. Brun, reviewed by M. G., 313-4
Rushcliff, connected with tales of the men of Gotham, 425
Russia : (ysee also Esthonia ; Finland ; Lithuania ; Moscow ; Ukraine ; and Wotyaks) ; bee respected, 239 ; fever, charm against, 154 ; hare respected, 240 ; horses' heads as gable ornaments, 322 ; king of Volga Russians too holy to walk, 285
Ruthenia, cockroach, cricket, and frog respected, 240 ; killing swallow kills mother, 237 ; snake and spider respected, 241 ; weasel respected, 242
Sabbath-breaker, rain always dam- ages hay-crop of, Warminster, 458 ; water demon appears to, Wiltshire, 458
Sacred animals, colours, or stones, see Animals ; Colours ; Stones
Sacrifice :
animal, — annual ceremonies,
various forms of, discussed, 247- 257 ; of cock, to cure patient, Con- tin (Ross), 446 ; to Frey, 84; games a survival of, 261-4 > to mountain spirit, Korea, 328 ; of sheep, at launch of dahabia, Egypt, 393 ;
unknown in Australia, and only of dog in N. America, 247 ; Vedic sacrifices discussed, 95 ; white dog, burning of, Iroquois, 190 ; to Woden, 84-5
human, — to stay glacier, Alaska,
171 ; at grave, 91 ; instituted by Fro, 294 ; Northern chiefs sacri- ficed after misfortunes, 2S5 ; to Woden, 85 nature and functions of, dis- cussed, 93-6 ; to mountain, river, and sea spirits, Korea, 328, 332 ; rain, by king for, Korea, 326 Sstersdal, Norway, harvest scene at,
225 Saga of King Sverri of Norway, The, by J. Sephton, reviewed by W. A. Craigie, 193-6 Sailors' songs, English, 418-9 ; on
Nile-boats, 385 Saints, in charmsagainst child-stealing
witch, 138-48, 15 1-5 St. Bridget, a chief patron of the
Western Isles of Scotland, 420 St. Christopher, 15 St. Columba, a chief patron of
Western Isles of Scotland, 420 St. George's Day, animals cauglit before, for luck, magic, &c., 255 ; in Rumanian charm, 13 1-2 St. Gertrude, funeral associated with
mice, 345 St. Isa, invoked by Nile boatmen,
3S5 St. John's Eve, visions can be seen
on, 345 St. Mark's Eve, visions can be seen
on, 345 St. Martin's Day, deer, fox, and hare hunted ceremonially, Ireland, 250-1 St. Roschus' festival, badger killed,
Bingen, 256 St. Sisoe, in Rumanian charms, 139-
42 St. Sisynios or Sisynnios, in Greek
charms, 1-13-5, 146-8, 153-5 St. Sisynodoros, in Greek charm,
146, 153, 155 St. Stephen's Day, bull-baiting prac- tised, Ireland, 256 St. Synidores, in Greek charms,
143-5. 155 St. Thomas' Day, Esthonians sacri- ficed goat, 257 Salisbury, May Day custom, 210