and fire, Hebrides, 41; cuckoo comes, Hebrides, 40; in saying, Hebrides, 38; the "yellow beltane," Hebrides, 40
Mayo, see Knock
Maypole with yew twigs, Aland islands, 96
Maziiri, Balochi tribe, 259
Meals : leavings not returned to chest, Hebrides, 33
Measles, drinks for use in, Transvaal, 71-2
Meath, see Bregia; a«flf Tara
Medical folklore : (see also Charms and spells); diseases and injuries treated : — ague, 182 ; bad legs, 74 ; blood- poisoning, 73-4 ; bronchitis, iSi ; bruises, 74 ; burns and scalds, 56 ; colds, 173 ; conjunctivitis, yi ; earache, 182; epilepsy, 56; erj'- sipelas, 56 ; eyes, pain in, 57-8 ; fever, 73 ; gatherings, 420 ; in- flamed udder, 56 ; internal troubles, 173 ; jaundice, 181 ; madness, 96; measles, 71-3 ; of cow, 56 ; of dog, 96 ; pneumonia, 70, 182 ; renal dropsy, 70; rheum- atism, 181-2, 420 ; rose-rash, 56; smallpox, 75 ; sprains, 74 ; tooth- ache, 182 ; typhoid fever, 182 ; ulcers, 73-4; warts, 420; whooping- cough, 172, 423; wounds, 71, 420;
among Hebrews, 218 ; lame gods of healing, 88-9 ;
localities: — Bloemfontein, 181 -2 ; Ceylon, 79 : England, 182 ; Ger- many, 96 ; Hebrides, 56-8 ; Hol- land, 73 ; Kennet Valley, 430-3 ; Lincolnshire, 183 ; Lochlomond, 75 ; London, 73-4 ; Oban, 74 ; St. Briavel's, 172-3 ; Shropshire, 74-5 ; Transvaal, 70- 1 ;
nature of illness, how to find, He- brides, 57;
remedies : — black fowl cut open and applied to chest, 182 ; cabbage seeds, 181 ; cakes stamped with vew dies, 96 ; cat fur, 181 ; cow dung, 73-4, 181 ; finger and toe nails, cutting, 182; Good Friday cakes, 173 ; Good Friday loaf, 423 ; goat, insertion of child into, Bloemfontein, 181 ; goat's dung, 71-2 ; green decoction, 73 ; green paint, 70 ; horehound, 420; horse dung, 70, 72 ; licking after
licking otter liver, 56 ; marsh mallow poultices, 420 ; meat, raw, 71 ; medicines mixed to- gether or for different diseases, 73, 183 ; potato, 182 ; sheep dung, 75 ; sheepskin, 182 ; spittle, 57-8 ; steam from oven, 420 ; tansy- tea, 420 ; urine, 71 ; water trickling over sickle, 57 ? water from Barrow Well, 173 ; water taken from river at sunrise, 79; white lily root ointment, 420; wood sage, 420; wormwood, 71 ; wounds not touched with finger or thumb, Hebrides, 31 Meetings, 1-4, 5-6, 1 13-5, 225-6, 337-40 IMekran: {see also Bampur; aWKech); Balochi tribes in, 257 ; cairns in, 265-6 Melanesia : {see also Banks islands ; Fiji islands ; Lifu ; a7td New Caledonia) ; crocodiles as kinsmen, 366 ; influential man lays taboo, 366 ; place names iS;c. given to human groups, 383, 391 ; soul boxes, 359 ; tendency to female descent, 351 Melusine, discontinuance of, 112 Members deceased, i, 5, 27-8 Members elected, i, 5, 113-4, 225 Members resigned, i, 5, 113-4,225 Mending clothes, see Clothes Mercia : saints in Nova Legenda
Anglie, 214-6 Metals in folklore, see Brass ; Iron ;
and Sil\"er Mexico :
ancient: — fire-drill or flintstone symbol of North, 89 ; the god Tezcatlipoca, 88-9 modern : — naguals, 349 Michael, the Archangel, to destroy
Gog and Magog, 1 29 Michaelmas : bannocks on, Hebrides, 44-5 ; festival, Hebrides, 45 ; in sa\ing, Kennet Valley, 423 ; wild carrots given on, Hebrides, 45 Micronesia, see Bonabe Middelburg (Transvaal) : renal
dropsy, cure for, 70 Middlesex, see London Midir of Bri Leith, husband of
Etain, 328 Midlands : {see also under names of
counties') ; ' lifting ' customs, 249 Midlothian, see Edinburgh ; and Duddingston Loch
