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shire, 290 ; of murdered man flows if touched by murderer, Kennet Valley, 422 ; of murdered man, polong or evil spirit, or firefly, arises from, Malays, 149-50 ; red ochre blood of Mura-muras, S. Dieri, 417 ; weregild increased if blood touches ground, Anglo- Saxons, 100 Blood-brotherhood, how to annul,
Uganda, 430 Blood-covenant : in marriage rites, Bengal, Bonabe, Romans, and Society Islands, 208 Blood-poisoning, remedy for, London,
73-4, Oban, 74 Blue: charms against evil eye, Syria, 202, 337 ; cover of " vessel cup," Yorks, 95 ; dress of Virgin Mary, Yorks, 95 ; in dream lucky, Heb- rides, 52 ; name for, either absent or borrowed, Torres Straits, 102 Boar, see Pig
Boer Folk-medicine and some
Parallels, by Mrs. A. B. Gomme,
69-75, 181-2, by E. Peacock, 182-3
' Bogle,' charm against witchcraft,
Cawdor, 275 Bolton-le-Moors : ' lifting ' custom,
Easter, 249 Bombay, see Ahmadnagar ; Beiads ; Uharwar : Jangams ; Kanjaris ; Kattais ; Kistna ; Kolis ; Malabar ; Mangs ; and Thana Bonabe : wife tatooed with marks of
husband's ancestors, 208 Bone: "pointing of the bone," in
Dieyeri legend, 406 Books presented to Folk- Lore
Society, 1-2, 7, 114-5, 226, 339 " Border Minstrelsy," sources of ballads in, 191-7 ; Flenderson's Sir Walter Scoffs Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border reviewed, 433-5 Borneo : (see also Sarawak) : Haddon's Head-Htmters, Black, White, and Brown reviewed, 101-3, 436-7 Borrowing, by bride, Hebrides, 33 Boston (Lines.) : St. Botulf, 215 Bottesford : Christmas bough, 202-3 Bourke (Darling river), see Bahkunjy
tribe Box-tree : bunch used for lustration in ' lifting ' custom, 250 ; sprig stuck in apple &c. given on New Year's Day, St. Briavel's, 174 Boys, see Man
Bozdars, Balochi tribe, 263
Brabrook, E. W., Presidential Address, 4, 12-28 ; review by, Horstmann's Nova Legenda Anglic, 212-7
Bradford (Yorks) : charm, 92-4
Bramble : child passed through for whooping-cough, St. Briavel's, 172
Brass : protects from bhuts, Bengal, 2S2-3
Bread : baked on Good Friday never goes mouldy, and good for whoop- ing-cough, Kennet Valley. 425 ; " burd-eaters," village sobriquet, Devon, 389 ; unleavened, in wor- ship, 219
Breast ailments, charm for, Hebrides,
57. Bregia: taboo on King Conaire at, 329 Bridal customs and beliefs, see Mar- riage customs and beliefs British Columbia : (^see also Haidas ; Salish Indians ; and Thlinket tribe) ; totemism, 368-9 Broadsides : apocryphal Letter of Agbarus of Edessa used as charm, Kennet Valley, 424 Bronchitis, cure for, Bloemfontein, 181 Brownies : Faroe islands, 185 Brugh on the Boyne : fairy dwelling,
335 Bruises, poultice for. Shropshire, 74
Buckinghamshire, see Marsh Gibbon
Buddhism : Buddha recently as- sociated with Perahera festival, Kandy, 78 ; influence on early Christian writings, 104-6
Buffalo : in group names, Hunpatina tribe, 388
Bughtis, Balochi tribe, 262
Bull : {see also Calf ; and Cattle) ; black, troll, appear on Old Twelfth Night, Faroe islands, 185 ; blood drunk by prophetess, ^Flgira, 328 ; bullock ridden by bridegroom, Jan- gams, 246 ; in dreams, meaning of, Hebrides, 51 ; dung as cosmetic, Pliny, 74 ; eaten for prophetic dream, Tara, 328 ; hide, bride sits on, S. India and Transylvania, 244
Bulldog, see Dog
Bull-roarer : Torres Straits, 103
Bulun Matai or fields of the dead, Sibops, 436-7
Burcoot, lake within earth, Larrakia tribe, 18
Burial customs and beliefs, see Death and funeral customs and beliefs
