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Index.
Bamangwato : ancestors, memory of, 355 ; siboko, 357
Banavie Moss : second sight story, 62
Banffshire : game, 90
Banoka : siboko usages, 356
Banshees : Monmouthshire, 64
Bantu : [^see also under names of tribes) ; ancestor worship and to- temism, 231-3; ancestors, memory of, 355 ; migration of, 353, 355
Baperi, see Banoka
Baptism : of Cero of Sant' Ubaldo, Gubbio, 252
Baputi : burial of chief, 356
Bari tribe, 236
Barkingi nation (Aus. ), 223
Barley : burnt in midsummer fires, Morocco, 31 ; eaten ceremonially, midsummer, Morocco, 36, and in ploughing custom, Morocco, 39
Barnet : grotto building, 181
Barolong : siboko, 356-7
Barone lamps, symbols for, 156
Ba-Ronga : twins and sky associated, 300
Barotse tribe : deity, 112; ivory worn only by royal family, 382
Barra island : counting-out rhymes, 207, 454 ; dance, 210 ; games, 85-6, 89, 91, 199-200, 348-9, 439; lullaby, 458 ; names for fingers, 216 ; rhyme, 454
Barra, Sound of, see Fuda island
Barrenness, see Birth customs and beliefs
Barry, Miss F. : exhibit by, 242, 335- 6 ; Charm-Stones, 335-6 ; Riddle or Charm ? 98
Basket fetish, Congo, 378-9
Bass Strait : effect of formation on aborigines of Australia, lOl
Bat : omen from, Jamaica, 73
Batauna : siboko, 357
Bathing : of eyes as charm, Mon- mouthshire, 67 ; on l-'ansara day, Morocco, 31-3 ; on l-'aSur day, Morocco, 41 ; at midsummer, ancient Libya, 47
Batlaru : sibokos, 357
Bavaria, see Aigen ; and Rhon moun- tains
Bavili : Bavili Notes, by R. E. Den- nett, 242, 371-406 (//a/«) ; starting on journey, 75
Beachly : popular derivation of, 163
Beans : eaten ceremonially, mid-
summer, Morocco, 36, and at tent- pitching, Morocco, 39
Beauly : charm against evil eye, 242, 334-5 {plate)
Bechuana : {see also under names of tribes) ; sibokos, 356-7
Bedfordshire : elder-tree belief, lOO
Bee : charm to foster, Morocco, 37 ; cowdung burnt to protect, June, Morocco, 28-30 ; earth thrown over, midsummer, Morocco, 34
Beech-tree : as cult substitute for oak, Italy, 282-3 '■> Diana and Jupiter as beech-wood deities, Italy, 283 ; leaves worn when consulting Faunus, Rome, 283
Beetle : scarab, Etruscans, 274
Belgium, ^ e Flanders
Bells : on amulets against evil eye, Naples, 133
Benayah, general of Solomon, in legend, 417
Beneventum : dedication to Jupiter, 272
Bengal, see Calcutta ; and Puri
Benguela : sacred animals, 397
Beni Ah'sen tribe, Morocco : mid- summer fires, 31, and bathing, 32
Beni Mgild tribe : midsummer cus- toms, 29, 31, 34, 37, 46, but no water customs, 32 ; sowing custom,
39
Benin City : dance, 436-7 ; ' great father,' 435 ; secret societies, 437
Bensington, manor of, 124
Berber tribes, Morocco : {see alio Rif Berbers) ; 27, 29 ; adopt foreign words, 43 ; midsummer ceremonies, 42, 46-7
Berkshire, see Kennet valley
Berne Canton, see Miinchenbuchsee
Berwinck (vinca minor) : at marriages, Huculs, 51
Betrothal customs, see Courting cus- toms and beliefs
Betsileos : animal taboos, 229 ; rein- carnation beliefs, 230, 235
Betsimisaraka tribe, 229
Bible and key used as charm, St. Briavel's, 169-70, 172
Bibliography of folklore : annual, lo; Hessian, 492
Bickerstein : "ticket for paradise," 481
Big Klaus and Little Klaus type of folktales, 119
Binbinga tribe (Aus.): marriage cus- toms, 472
