Index,
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438-9 ; symbolic human sacri- fice, 442-3
Siberia, see Sakhalin
Sicilian Folklore, The Completion of Prof. Pitr^'s Collection of, by E. S. Hartland, 245-6
Siebenbiirger gipsies, 344
Sieve : divination by, Cyprus, 358 ; stops bogev, Greece, 127
Silbury Hill," bv R. M. Heanley,
524' Silver : amulets, Quebec, 361,
Spain, 63-4, 66 ; bullet against
witches, Ontario, 224 ; for
divination, Manipur, 437 ;
divine origin of, Manipur, 425 ;
offering, Manipur, 430, 437, 439 Simulated Change of Sex to Baffle
the Evil Eye, by W. Crooke, 385 Sioux : nicknames, 165, 168 Siren : as amulet, Spain, 71 Siva, 433
Sixmilebridge : tales, 490, 502-3 Skin diseases : caused by tree or
spirit, Manipur, 453 Skulls : dried, S. Amer. Indians,
53 Skunk : clan name. Crow Ind., 1 75 Sky-god : Galla, 471 ; Manipur,
424-5, 444-5 Skye, Isle of : folk-medicine, 384 ;
tale, 102 Skyrrid, sacred mountain, no Sleepers : Sioda, Clare, 377 Sheve Aughty : origin of name, 97 Sloth : in tales, S. Amer., 58 Smoke : in rain stopping, Baluchi- stan, 231 Snail : in charm, Oxon, 89, War- wicksh., 241 ; not on Holy Mountain, Bromyard, no; shells for lamps, Piedmont, 215 Snake : [see also Anaconda) ; ancestor of royal family, Mani- pur, 422 ; beliefs about, Assam, 150; deity in shape of, Manipur, 423 ; Devil as, Oxon, 84 ; in romance of Melusine, 189, 191 ; in tales, Breconsh., 516-7, Clare, 369-70, Malta, 263, S. Amer., 58 ; white, fabulous, Pokomo, 467 ; worshipped, Khasis etc.,
443 Sneezing : omen from, Oxon, 91 Snow : saying, Ontario, 220,
Piedmont, 216 Sobriquets, see Nicknames
Social organization : S. Amer. Indians, 43-4, 48
Solomon islands : Thumwald's Ethno-psychologische Studien an Sudseevolkern attf . . . den Sa- lomo-Inseln reviewed, 404-6
Somerset : {see also Glastonbury ; Tintinhull) ; evil eye, 382-3
Sorarel, deity, 424, 444-5, 453, 454
Sorcery, see Witchcraft
Sore throat : cure for, Quebec etc., 361
Soul : dual, Lusheis, 149 ; as flame. Piedmont, 217; can leave living body, S. Amer. Indians, 55 ; name as, 161
South : god of, Manipur, 421, 423,
435 South America : (see also British
Guiana ; Issa-Japur4 District) ;
languages, 61-2 ; migrations,
25. 61 South-west : gods of, Manipur,
423 ; sacred corner of house,
Manipur, 443 Sowing customs and beliefs :
omen from missing cast, On- tario, 223; Piedmont, 216;
rhymes, Herefordsh., 238, War-
wicksh., 239 Spain : (see also Seville) ; amu- lets, I, 8, 63-74 (plates) ; gipsies,
33S-9 Spanish Point : Armada, 491 Spear-throwing, 394 Sphakia : divination, 35S Spirits : (see also Ghosts) ; four
kinds, S. Amer. Indians, 57 ;
white lady, Breconsh., 516 Spoon : omen, Ontario etc., 222 ;
in tea-drinking, Oxon, 83 Sprains : curing, Breconsh., 507 Squirrel: weathersign, Ontario, 220 Staffordshire : (see also .\bbot's
Bromley) ; gipsies, 345 Stag, see Deer Stairs : unlucky to meet on,
Ontario etc., 226, Oxon, 90 Stanstead Abbots : gipsies, 336 Starling : as nickname, Orkneys,
165
Stars : spirits of great, S. Amer.
Indians, 57 ; weather sign,
Ontario, 220 ; wishing, Ontario,
221 ; worshipped, Manipur, 445
Staveley : gipsy funeral, 347
Stealing : in charm, Ontario, 224 ;
