Index.
571
Wales : {see also under names of counties) ; calendar customs, 117; gipsies. 316-7, 329-31, 336-7 ; Mabinogi, 254-6 ; mar- riage, 193-4, 357 > Welsh Folk- lore Items, i, 106-10
Walnut : in proverb. Piedmont,
95
Wangpurel, deity, 421, 423, 435, 438-9, 441-2, 444
Wangu : sacred image, 427
Wanyika, 460
Wapokomo, see Pokomo
War dances, see Dances
War songs, see Folk-songs
Warts: charm against, Breconsh., 506, Ontario, 224, Oxon, 89
War\vickshire,see Ilmington; Strat- ford-on-Avon
Wasanye, 456, 471, 474
Washing and wiping together lucky, Ontario, 227
Washing clothes : omen from, Quebec etc., 361 ; taboos con- nected with, gipsies, 326 ; wood ashes for, Breconsh., 508
Wasp : in saying, Breconsh.,
5" Wasperton : loo-belhng, 241 Water: (see also Divination ; Lakes; Rivers and streams ; Wells and springs) ; divine origin of, Mani- pur, 425 ; in dreams, Oxon, 91 Waterford : place-name, 99 ;
tales, 102 Water hen : clan, Aus., 176-8 Water horse : in tale, Clare, 377 Water-lily : eaten, Pokomo, 464 Water snake, see Anaconda Water spirits : Doubs, 188 Water-tortoise : in tales, Borneo,
274 Weather sayings and signs : Bre- consh., 511; Ontario, 219-20; Piedmont, 216-7 ; Warwicksh., 239-40; Yorksh., 220 Wednesday : goddess born on,
Manipur, 426 Week, days of, see under names Weeks, J. H. : review by, 392-7 Wells and springs : (see also Holy wells) ; Breconsh., 505-6, 508, 516 ; Clare, 369 ; sacred, Scan- dinavia, 261 ; in tales, 102 Welsh Folklore Items, i., 106-10 Welshpool: Christmas custom, 108
Werner, A. : Pokomo Folklore
281, 456-76 West : god of, Manipur, 423 Westermarck, E. : The Moorish Conception of Holiness, 282 ; review by, 406-8 West Indies, see Jamaica Westmorland : (see also Stave- ley) ; gipsies, 316 Weston, J. L. : review by, 254-6 Westropp, T. J. : County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths, 96-106, 201-12 (plates), 365-81 (plate), 490-504 Wexford : funeral custom, 31 Wheat : as amulet, gipsies, 336 Wheatley, H. B. : In Memoriam : Lord Avebury, 242-4 ; Reports of Brand Committee, 11 1-9, 382 Whiffen, T. W. : exhibits, 8 ;" A Short Account of the Indians of the Issa-Japura District, 3, 8, 41-62 Whistle : in amulets, Spain, 71-2 White animals, see under names White bryony, see Mandrake Whitechapel ; folk-medicine, 120 Whitsuntide : (see also Whit Tues- day) ; fair, Monmouthsh., 109 Whit Tuesday : hiring fair, Wales,
107 Whooping cough : cures for, Ontario, 224, Quebec, 360-1, Warvvicksh., 241 Widows : remarry, Manipur, 416 Wife-beating : rough music, Oxon,
84-5 Wigton (Cumb.) : gipsies, 345-6 Wild ass : as village name, Heb- rews ; 1 65 Wild boar : in tale, Clare, 502 Wild cat : in tales, Clare, 502 Wild dog : tabooed, Pokomo,
4.58-9 Wilts, see Avebury ; Highworth ;
Melksham ; Silbury Hill Windle, B. C. A. : reviews by,
252-4 Winds : divine origin of, Manipur, 425 ; in sayings, Breconsh., 509-11 ; weather saying, On- tario, 219 Wirajuri : name, 167-9 Wise women : Somerset, 383 Wishbone, see Merrythought Wishing : at first star, Ontario, 221 ; new moon, Ontario, 220 ;
