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family, Hebrides, 53-4, Kennet Valley, 422 ; of thief, Kennet Valley, 422, Malays, 144-5 ! of '^■'^ love, Faroe islands, 185, Kennet Valley, 422-5 Divining rod : Malays, 134, 145,
155-6
Docken : horror of, Hebrides, 31 ; not used to drive animals, He- brides, 31
Dog : black, as spirit of ill-temper, 185, form assumed by spirit, Faroe islands, 185 ; bulldog as village sobriquet, 386, 389, 392-3 ; death omen from. Outer Hebrides, 34 ; " dog eaters," village sobriquet, W. England, 3S9 ; flesh forbidden to Cuchulainn, 329 ; Gelert legend, Baloches, 266 ; given first milk after calving, Outer Hebrides, 34 ; in group names, Hunpatina tribe, 388, Minikooju tribe, 388 ; mad, cakes for, Germany, 96 ; saying of, Outer Hebrides, 34 ; village sobri- quet, Artois, 384, Shropshire, 391-3 ; white, in harvest &c. say- ings, N.E. France, 179, Culham, 179-80
Dolmens : girl cannot refuse kiss at, Ireland, 235 ; marriages once per- formed at, and associated with, 235-6 ; visited for barrenness, or prayer for lover, France &c., 235
Donegal Fairy Stories, by S. Mac- Manus, reviewed, 335
Donkey, see Ass
Doomsday of mythology and Christian apocryphal teaching, 13 1-3
Doora tribe, religious belief of, 18
Dorchester (n. Oxford): St. Birin, 214
Dordogne : alleged appearance of Madonna in, 90-1
Dorset, see Corfe Castle; Hasel- borough ; Shaftesbury; and^'xm- borne
Dough while baking must not be stepped over, Syria, 237
Dove : good omen, Hebrides, 49
Dover : St Thomas, 217
Dotvie Dens of Yarrow, ballad of, The, 197
Dowsing, see Water divination
Dragon : becomes woman on kissing knightj 448
Draupati, the goddess, and fire- walking, 89-90
Dreams : animals seen in, 24 ; divina-
tion from, Hebrides, 51-3, 55) of future king of Tara, 328 ; fore- telling, druids authors of, Ireland, 325 ; savage theory of, 21-2 Drishaks, Balochi tribe, 258 Droit du seigneur : Ireland, 334 Drowning : idiots not drowned, Uist, 61-2 ; none drowned with sun visible, Gairloch, 61 ; offerings at graves of drowned, Japan, 277 ; those with " otter spot " above mouth not drowned, Hebrides, 61 Druids : Irish, 324-5 Drummond, R. J., Rice Harvest and other Customs in Ceylon, 77-9, 277-8 Dublin county, see Hill of Howth Ducklington : harvest custom, 180 Duddingston loch : folk-etymology of
of name, 378 Dumbartonshire, see Loch Lomond Dun-coloured hair most lucky in
women, Hebrides, 49 Dun horse lucky omen, Hebrides, 49 Dung : as bath, Bloemfontein, 181 ; casting lots, used for, Baloches, 264 : as cosmetic, Pliny, 74 ; drunk as medicine, Shropshire, 75, Trans- vaal, 71; "dung eaters," group name, Minikooju tribe, 388-9 ; fire of, lighted at first birth after 21 or 24 years' marriage, Punjab, 280 ; floors prepared with, Transvaal, 70 ; as poultice, Transvaal, 70, London, 73-4, Shropshire, 74 ; site for worship of Hanuman prepared with, N.W. India, 188 Dunwich : Felix, bishop of, 214 Durham : bride steps over socket
stone of cross, 231 Durham county : (^see also Durham ; Finchale ; Gateshead : Jarrow ; Sunderland ; and Wearmouth) ; ' heaving ' custom, Easter, 248 Durkanis, Balochi tribe, 259 Dust storm can be stopped by first- born, Punjab, 278 Dutch folklore, see Boer ; and , Holland
Dwellings, see Plouses Dyaks : {see also Sea Dyaks) ; head-
hunting,_437 Dyeing : indigo, not in midwinter, Hebrides, 40
Eagle ; group name, Mandans, 390
