Index.
523
Mikirs ; Naga Hills District ; Nagas ; Pois ; Purum ; Tamlu ; Tangkhuls ; Thados ; Wa tribe ; and Willong) ; Folk-Tales of the Lushais and their neighbours, by J. Shakespear, 386, 388-413 {plates) with notes by Mrs. Shake- spear, 413-7, and T. C. Hodson, 417-20; Head-hunting among the Hill Tribes of Assam, by T. C. Hodson, 129, 132-43 {plates)
Assyria: magic, 381
Astronomical folklore, see Moon ; Planets ; Stars ; and Sun
Asugyi : flesh of animal slain by lightning as remedy, 484
Athena the goddess, 514
Atnatu, mythical being, Kaitish,
495
Atonement : Day of, see Day of Atone- ment ; Semitic service, 381-2
Auchterarder : bonfires, New Year, 482
Auditors, election of, 5
Augury, see Divination
Augury and Leechcraft in Algeria, by J. Noton, 208-9
August : 9th, Queensferry fair, 90
Australia : {see also New South Wales ; Queensland ; South Aus- tralia ; Victoria ; Western Aus- tralia ; and under names of tribes) ; Strehlow's Die A^-anda und Loritja- Stamnie in Zentral-Australietr re- viewed, 125-7 ; horse-shoe above door, 95; social organisation, 1 50-1, 168; terms of relationship, 255-6
Austro-Hungary, see Bohemia ; Buko- wina ; Hungary ; and Tyrol
Avalleneu, the, 1 1 2
Avebury, see Silbury
Awk, mythical animal, Assam, 391,
393
Awk pa, deity, Assam, 394
Axe : birth-pains transferred to, Nor- way, 320-1 ; in charm against birth-pains, Scandinavia, 321 ; of sky-god, the lightning, Assam, 395
Ayrshire, see Kilmarnock
Babes-in-the-Wood type of folk-tales,
409 Babies, see Birth customs and beliefs Bachelors' house : Assam, 141-2,414-
5 {plate), 420 ; Lower Congo, 201 Backwards : so looking forbidden,
Lower Congo, 36
Baffinsland : tribal migration, 378 Baiame, All Father, Australia, 95,
493 Balambangan : in legend of Raden
Pakou, 124 Balance Sheet of Folk-Lore Society,
II Balemba : copper rod currency, 93 ;
theory about, 122 Bale tribe, Andamans, 258-60, 262-3 Balkan Peninsula : {see also Bulgaria ;
Macedonia ; Roumanians ; Servia ;
and Turkey-in-Europe) ; folk -tales,
125
Balla<ls, see Folk-songs
Baltimore : bayberry candle burnt,
Christmas Night, 499 Baluba : marriage mug, 3 Bamboo : in myth of man's origin,
Andamans, 265 ; splinter slays chief,
Yao, 43S Bamboo-rat : in folk-tale, Assam, 405 Ban, King, see King Ban Banana-tree : in folk-tales, Kinga &c.,
445-6 Bandicoot : in myth of origin of fire,
W. Aus., 341-2 Banff : New Year customs, 482 Banffshire, 5£'(? Banff; Buckie; Fordyce;
and Keith Bantu Element in Swahili Folklore,
The, by Miss A. Werner, 385, 432-
Bantu tribes : {see also imder separate names) ; animal stories, 440, 442 ; boundary of, 246
Baobab- tree : bark as protective for ordeal. Lower Congo, 187
Baptism : boys before girls, Worcester- shire, 346 ; cake given to first passer of opposite sex, Durham, 74 ; chris- tening cloths, Durham, 75 ; crying lucky at, Durham, 73 ; heathen, Ireland, 359
Barberr)' : bark cures jaundice, Dur- ham, 72
Barnard Castle : in proverb, 73
Ba Ronga : folk-tale, 441
Ba-sheW: in Andamanese myths, 263-6
Bas-Quercy : folk-song, 119
Bassein : ghostly manifestations, 484
Basutos : folk-tales, 446, 448 ; ofre, 448.
Bat : in folk-tale, Assam, 389 ; omen from, Worcestershire, 344
Bateke : fetish figures carved by, 312 {plate)
