GENERAL INDEX.
Abigooga, home of creator of first blackfellow.Larrakia tribe, i8
Accounts of Folk-Lore Society, lO
Achrean, etymology of, 442
Achaia, see ^^gira
Achilles : Cuchulainn a parallel hero, 332 ; as sun god, 441
Adam, in Hebridean folklore, 31
Addy, S. O., Butterfly Charm, 432; The Collection of Folklore, 226, 297-9 ; Garland Day at Castleton : Addenda, 313
Adeney : place rhymes, 391-3
/Egira : prophetess drank bull's blood,
Afghanistan : (see also Sulaiman hills); divination by shoulder blade of sheep, 50
Africa : [see also Algeria ; Amazulu ; Aros ; Ashanti ; Bantu ; Benin ; Berbers ; Calabar ; Cape Colony ; Dahomey ; Egypt ; Fanti ; Hotten- tots ; Madagascar ; Natal ; Orange River Colony ; Sahara Desert ; Soudan ; Transvaal ; Tsinyai ; Tunis ; and Uganda) ; dreams give messages from ancestors, 22 ; south, stick or assegai made useless by woman stepping over it, 238 ; ■west coast, " trade " bead, 338
Agbarus of Edessa, apocryphal letter of, used as charm, Kennet Valley, 424
Agnation or father-right : among Aus- tralian tribes, 317-8
Agricultural folklore : {see also Corn spirits, vegetation souls, and the like ; Harvest customs and beliefs ; Millet; Ploughing customs and beliefs ; and Sowing customs and beliefs) ; god. Sea Dyaks, 370 ; operations lucky about Beltane, Hebrides, 40-1
Ague, cure for, 182
Ahmadnagar : marriage rites, Kattais, 242-3
Ahnet mountains : fabulous monster, 286
Ainu : inao, 24-5
Air district of Sahara: legend of jewel palace and fruits, 284-5
ceremony,
Aire (France) : village sobriquet, 384
Aland islands : maypoles with yew twigs, 96
Albersdorf : marriages associated with dolmen, 235
Alcheringa traditions of Arunta, 318-9
Aleppo : traditional origin of Balochis, 256
Alexandria : St. Eufrosina, 215
Algeria, see Hammam Meskoutine
Algonquins : totemism among, 347-9
'Ali the prophet, Balochi stories of, 260-1
Allandur : fire - walking 89-90
Alligator, see Crocodile
All Saints' Day : saying if on Wed- nesday, Hebrides, 41
All Souls' Day : alms given, Hebrides, 41 .
Alnwick : ' Petting Stone ' rite at Whittingham, 227-8
Aloe indica, decoction of, used in fire- walking, 90
Aloe, lign : leaves offered at graves, Japan, 277
Alsace, see Elsass
Altars : of " long ju-ju," Niger delta, 167-70 (plate)
Amazulu : household snakes in- habited by dead, 353, and as soul- boxes, 359
America, see Central America ; and North America
Amritsar : girl after three boys lucky, 66
Amulets and talismans, 152, 218, 337-8, 340-7, 424
Ancestors : dreams are messages from, Africa, 22 ; marks of husband's, tatooed on wife, Bonabe, 208 ; re-born, Arunta, 322, Thlinket, 355 ; tiger as, Sumatra, 366 ; wor- ship arises from change to father- right and evolved from totemism, 320
Andre, J. L., death of, 5, 28
Anglesea : channel for transit of Druidism, 325
Angouleiiie : village sobriquet, 384
Animals in folklore : (see also Ante- lope ; Ass ; Bear ; Birds in folk- lore ; Buffalo ; Bull ; Calf ; Camel ;
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