Index.
Rain : caused by killing beetle, Cambs, 366 ; charms for, India, 80, Morocco, 502 ; duration of, India, 76 ; making, Abyssinia, 321 ; sacrifices for, India etc., 189-91 Rajahmundry : hook-swinging, 163 Rajputana, see Ajmer ; Beawar ;
Jeypore ; Marwar Ram, see Sheep
Ramgarh Hill : drama, Holi, 75 Ramoshis : Holi. 61, 63, 68 Rat : in myth, Baganda, 439 ; in tale, Assam, 494-5 ; N.E. Scot.,
354
Raven : as deity, Siberia, 48, 52 ; omen from, Jersey, 246
Ravilloles : cockchafer eaten, 204 ; nickname, 204
Rayagada : sacrificial stone, 187
Read, D. H. Moutray : reviews by, 265-8
Red : associated with Siva, India, 154 ; butterflies as witches, Nor- thumberland, 203 ; in charm, 259 ; in dress of fairy. Water- ford, 1 1 1-3, 115 : at Holi feast, India, 63, 68-9, 72 ; paint in charm, Pemba, 395 ; in spring procession, Persia, 74 ; string, in charm, \Miite Ruthenians, 96
Red Karens : festival, 59
Red Ruthenians, 93
Red Sea : ghost sent to. Water- ford, 229-30
Reeth : fair, 376 ; Nov. 5, 376
Reincarnation beliefs : Australia, 506 ; Baganda, 432 ; Melos, 265
Reindeer : cult of, Siberia, 48 ; white, carries off dead, Lapps, 388
Relationsliip : terms, Aus., 507
Religions Chastity, by J. Main, reviewed, 395-7
Reptiles, see Crocodile ; Frog ; Li- zard ; Toad ; Tortoise ; Turtle
Reviews, 127-44, 260-80, 390-408, 501-8
Rheumatism : amulet against, Kent, 367 ; cure for, 259
Rhymes : (see also Counting-out . rhymes ; Folk-songs ; Nursery rhymes ; Place rhymes ; Sing- ing games) ; England, 287-9, 291-4, 368-9, 381 ; Ireland, 386 ; Jersey, 246-8 ; Ontario, 387 ; Scotland, 350-2, 355-7, 360 ; Wales, 372
Rice : at Holi, India, 61-2 Richmond (Yorks) : pancake bell,
375 Rickets : charms against, Jersey,
248 ; cure for, Jersey, 249 Riddles : E. Africa, 466 ; Rouma-
nia etc., 134-7 Right : hand in ceremonial walk,
India, 63 ; in omens, Jersey,
246, N.E. Scot., 350 ; turns.
Mayo, 329, Scot., 85 Rings, finger : in betrothals, 403 ;
loss is omen of death, Scot., 349 Rivers and streams : (see also wider
names) ; charms for crossing,
Assam etc., 493 Rivers, W. H. R. : on lost arts in
Oceania, 127-8 ; his theory of
sursaval in sociology discussed,
14-23
Rochester : St. Katharine's Day, 294
Rocks, see Stones and rocks
Romance of Melusine, The, and Absence of Men during Child- bed, by D. Rorie, 383-5
Roman Idyllique au Moyen Age, Le, by M. Lot-Borodine, reviewed, 262-3
Romans, ancient : amulets, 211 ; priest not shaved by iron, 380
Ropemakers : festival, Kent, 294
Rorie, D. : The Romance of M61usine, and Absence of Men during Childbed, 383-5 ; Stray Notes on the Folklore of Aber- deenshire and the North-east of Scotland, 342-63
Rosary : origin of, 254-8
Rose : as remedy, 266
Rose, E. H. and H. J. : Quebec Folklore Notes, IV., 251-2
Rose, H. J. : Nursery Rhymes, 386-7 ; reviews by, 127-34, 142- 4, 268-71
Rosemary : in folk-medicine, Jer- sey, 250
Ross : (see also Carron river ; Loch Carron) ; the "vow," 89- 90
Rothie-norman : faster's-even, 352
Roumania : Roumanian Popular Tales and Legends of Birds, Beasts, and Insects, by M. Gaster, 282 ; riddles, 134-7
Routh, H. V. : Exhibits and Mu- seum Committee, 6