  Abominable charms, 120 Acorns, Song of the, 221 Adelheit von Helbach, 229 Æolian harp, 166 Agnes, St., Invocation, 76 Agnostics, 213 Albordi, 57 Algonkin Legends of New England, 69 Alraun, root image, 153 Alsatian gypsy girl and shell, 233, 234 Al Sirat, 57 Alter-ego, or the Dream-power, 165, &c. Amber beads, 198 American Folk-Lore Journal, 218, 227 Amulets and fetishes, 234 Amulets, 228, &c. Animals, Charms to protect, 79–99 Anna, Santa, the Lucina of the Romans, 101 ArchÆology—Ethnology, ix Aroint, Etymology of, 199 Artificial propagation, 101 Ashes of dress (love-charm), 120 Assisi, St. Francis, shells, 234 Astral spirit, 166 At-was-kenni-ges, an Algonkin giant-spirit, 17 Augustus, Emperor, punished a city-father for eating a quail, 90 Badger, Foot of a (love-charm), 120 Baricellus, J. C., 46 Bath, Incident near, 180 Bath Kol, the Voice, &c., 220, 238 Batford, J. C., divination by hair, 124 Bat in gypsy sorcery, 92 Bears’ claws and teeth as amulets, 26 Beauty, a real existence, 187 Begotten by goblins, People, 206 Benediction, 42 Benemmerinnen, Hebrew witches, 63 BergmÄnner, or Mountain Dwarfs, 131, 132 Bernoni, Works of, 156 Berserkers (note), 145 Bertha, the Dream-sprite, 167 Berufen, overlooked or bewitched, 51, 56 Betham, Sir William, Euguboean Tablets, 211 Bhut, Hindoo malignant spirit, 9, 10, 11 Bill, the imaginary companion, 3 Billy Dawson, the Wise Man of Stokesley, 197 Bird’s nest, Hair in, 121 Black Hen, Fast of the, 137 Blavatsky, Mme., 171 Blessing of the Syrups, Oil, &c., 150 Block, Dr., corpse-candle superstition, xii Blocksberg, 30 Boars’ tusks worn as amulets, 26, 27, 102, 103; Bodinus, 240 Bogey, Bog, Buh, Boggar, Bogle, Bo-guest, Boll, Boman, &c., 161 Bolton, Carrington H., Counting-out Rhymes, 218–220, 225 Book of Fate and works on Fortune-telling, xvi Booth, General, his devil-drivers, 5 Borrow, G., Hokkani baro, 211 Bratraneck, BeitrÄge zur Æsthetik der Pflanzenwelt, 53 Bridge, 57 Broom to keep spirits or witches away, 136 Brown, Mrs., 214 Brown study, reverie: when the mind is abstracted from certain subjects dream-power partially acts, 169 Buckland, Lizzie, a gypsy woman, 144 Budge cured by a song: gypsies mere Budges, 22 Buzz, To cry, 200 Cabalists, 238 Callot and gypsies, 258 Calvin, 239 Candle, in love-charm, 120 Candles, Blessed, 42 Cane inspired by a spirit, 229 Carlyle, Thomas, 185 Carmen mirum ad Glandulas, 221 Carpenter (“Physiology”), 163 Casket, Gypsy, to send away disease, 15, 16 Cassel, P., “Die Symbolik des Blutes,” 87 Castellani, 229 Castor Oil, Benediction of, 150 Cat, Swinging a, 136 Cato, incantations, 54 Cedrenus, 238 Centaurs, 126 Chagrin, a gypsy demon, 91, 92, 93 Chaldean magic, Shamanic, 62, 63 Chapter I.: Origin of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Sorcery—Vindictive and Mischievous Magic, 1–12 Chapter II.: Charms and Conjurations to cure disorders of grown people—Hungarian Gypsy Magic, 12–41 Chapter III.: Gypsy Conjurations and Exorcisms—The cure of children—Hungarian gypsy spells—Curious old Italian secret—Magic virtues of garlic—A Florentine incantation learned from a witch—Lilith, the child-stealer and Queen of the Witches, 41–65 Chapter IV.: South Slavonian and other Gypsy Witch-lore—The words for a witch—Vilas and the spirits of earth and air—Witches—Egg-shells and egg-lore—Egg Proverbs—Ova de Crucibus, 65–79 Chapter V.: Charms to protect Animals, 79–100 Chapter VI.: Of Pregnancy, and Charms and Folk-lore connected with it—Boars’ teeth and styptic charms, 101–107 Chapter VII.: Recovery of stolen property—Love-charms—Shoes and love-potions, or philtres, 108–121 Chapter VIII.: Roumanian and Transylvanian Sorceries and Superstitions, connected or identical with those of the Gypsies, 122–141 Chapter IX.: Rendezvous of Witches, Sorcerers, and Vilas—Continuation of South Slavonian Gypsy-lore, 142–151 Chapter X.: Haunts and Homes of Witches in South Slavic lands—Bogeys and Humbugs, 152–161 Chapter XI.: Gypsy Witchcraft, the magical power innate in all men and women—How it may be developed—The principles of Fortune-telling, 162–185 Chapter XII.: Fortune-telling continued—Romance based on chance or hope as regards the future—Folk-and Sorcery-lore—Authentic gypsy predictions, 186–193 Chapter XIII.: Proverbs referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies, 194–208 Chapter XIV.: A Gypsy Magic Spell—Lellin Dudikabin, or the Great Secret—Children’s Rhymes and Incantations—Ten Little Indian Boys and Acorn Girls of Marcellus Burdigalensis, 209–229 Chapter XV.: Gypsy Amulets, 230–254 Chapter XVI.: Gypsies, Toads, and Toad-lore, 255–260 Charles the Simple (straw), 32 Charley Boy, a child’s song, 22 Charms and Conjurations to cure disorders of grown people, 12 Chen, the Sun, 50 Chesme, the Turkish fountain-cat nymph, 132, 133 Childbirth Sorceries, 47, 48, 49 Children, Why gypsies steal, 147 Child, To know if a woman is with, 101; Child’s blood used in magic, 86, 87 Child-stealing, 62 Chinese bottles, 229 Chiromancy among gypsies, 176 Chov-hani, gypsy for witch, 67 Christian scientist, metaphysical doctor, &c., 23 Church influence, 157 Cin-vat, 57 Coals in magic, 51, 52, 54, 60 Coena demonum, or demons’ supper, 136 Collecting in Folk-lore, x, xii Conceptions, Supernatural, developed with the mind, 4, 5 Conception, To promote, 100, 101 “Conditions for the Survival of Archaic Customs,” by G. L. Gomme, Arch. Rev., 1890, xv “CongrÈs des Traditiones populaires” of 1889, x Conscious will, 168 Constantine, Bath of Blood, 238 Convulsive weeping, 60 Cordus (Elder), 30 Cornelius Agrippa, 53; Corpse-candle superstition, xiii Counting-out Rhymes and Spells, Chapter XIV. Cowries, used as amulets, 102 Crab, Ashes of, in bewitching, 120 Cramp (night), Spell against, 36 Cromagnon, The Man of, 6 Cross on a grave, 106 Cross-road, Spell of the, 118, 119, 152 Cross-roads, gypsy meeting-place, 152 Crow, Eye of a (love-charm), 120 Cuckoo, Song of, an omen, 18 Dancing naked, 158 Dancing, Witch and gypsy, 158, 159 Danku Niculai, 45 Darwin, x David, the Slavonian Jew, 249 Dead Man’s Hand, xiii De Injuriis, &c. (straw), 32 Delancre, Pierre, on witch-dancing, 158 “Denham Tract,” 197 Design and Minor Arts, 171 Devil believed to be the direct cause of all pain, evil, and sin, 13 Devil’s bridges, 57 Devil doctrines among Red Indians, 13 Devilism to Polytheism, thence Pantheism, thence Monotheism, 157 Devla or Del, the gypsy highest god, 69 Dialen, Roumanian fairies, 67 Diana, a cat-goddess, 132, 133 Diana, Dina, Gana, Sina, Queen of the Witches, 132, 133 Dietrich the Thuringian, 159 Diseases: all diseases anciently believed to be caused by devils, 13, 149, 150 Dogs, Descent from, 71; Dolls, Ancient, 167 Donkeys, Blessing of, 42 Drawing and designing, 166 Dream-book, xvi Dream, Narrative of a, 164 Dream, the dream-power, faculty, or function Dreams caused by a second Me or an action of the brain independent of common sense, 14 Dream-power—its action penetrates more or less into all working life, 169 Drum, Picture of Lapland magic, 79; Dschuma, the cholera-witch, 133 Dualism, result of Monotheism, 157 Du Cange, 224 Dudikabin, to lel, 211 Easter-eggs, Red, 78 Easter Monday, sprinkling with water, 139 Ecco l’imbasciatore, song, 225 Edda, 71 Edison, x Education, Practical, 3 Eggs and eggshells, Superstitions and stories referring to, 72, 73, 74, 75 Eggs in childbirth, 49 Egg-lore, a cosmogenic symbol, 77 “Egyptian Sketch Book,” 146 Ellekoner, Elfwoman, Danish, 67 Ellhorn (Elder), Frau, 29 Else, die rauhe, 69 Elysseeff, Dr. A., 107–40, 208, 251 Emerson, R. W., 57 “English Gypsies and their Language, The,” by C. G. Leland, 203 Entering new houses, 137 Eos, goddess of Aurora, 28 Era, a New, in Thought, 8 Erysipelas, Cure for, 28 Esculapius, and serpent, 38 Estmere, Sir, Percy Ballads, 159 Euguane, Roumanian fairies, 67 Evil-eye, charm against it, 51, 52, 54, 57 Fairies, Queen of the, 63; Fairy-rings, 68 Faith-cure, 23 Fanggen, FÄnken, NÖrkel, the fairies of the Tyrol, 67 Fascinator, Eye of, 2 Faust, Gypsy puppet-show of, 245, 246 Faw Gang, The, 201 Fetishism and Shamanism, 157 Fevers, cured, 12, 16, 17; Fichte, J. G., 174 Fire, Charm against, 40 Fish and brandy, a charm, 119 Florentine fortune-teller, 225 Folding mirror, The, 166 Folk-lore perfects the study of History, 188 Folk-lore, Transmission of, 123 Foot-print, Earth from a, used in a love-charm, 112 Fortune-teller in Florence on sorcery, xiv. Fortune-telling by canary birds, &c., 183 Fortune-telling, Spirit of Gypsy, 174 Friedrich, J. B., “Symbolik der Natur,” 29, 52, 76, 96, 117, 128, 132, 138, 235 Frog bones used as an amulet, 26 Frog incantation, 13; Frogs, used to cure fever, 12 Gabalis, Comte de, 46 Gana (Diana), queen of the witches, 132 Gander-goose, Orchis maculata, used in love-potions, 119 Ganet, Dom Leitas (Dona Branca ou a Conquista do Algarve), 72 Garlic, used in magic, 52, 91, 92, 97, 98, 136 Garzonius nel Serraglio, 46 George, St., his Day, Eve, 118, 142, 143, 147, 148 Gerard, Mrs. E., “Land beyond the Forest,” 126, 127, 130, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 207 Gertrude, German queen of the witches, 133 Gessler and his hat, 242 Gettatura, witch signs, 200 Gookin, Mother, straw-man, 32 Graff, 223 Grass, a love-charm with, 111; Gregor (Queen), Folk-lore of the North-east of Scotland, 76 Grillandus, Paulus, 64, 149; Grimm (“Deutsche Mythologie”), 29, 54, 112; Groome, Francis, 159 Grosius, Magica, 238 Gubernatis, Count Angelo de, on heathenism in Tuscany, xiv, 105, 126, 133, 135, 138, 223 Guin, Kam, Chen-Guin, 50 Gun, Enchanted, 131 Gypsies and old age, 47 “Gypsies, The,” by C. G. Leland, 209 Gypsies: their dissemination of Folk-lore, x, xi; Gypsy Conjurations, Chapter III. Gypsy dancing: the debauched dancing of witches possibly of gypsy origin, 158 Gypsy divination, the action of the Dream-power or Alter-ego, 173 Gypsy fortune-teller in Cairo, 235, 236 Gypsy incantation, A, &c., 209 Gypsy-Lore Journal, 208 Gypsy, Lucky to meet a, 129, 130 Gypsy religion, 70; Hair, a means of fascination, 98; Hale, Prof. Horatio, “On the Origin of Language,” 3; Half a horse, half alligator, 127 Halliwell, def. “humbug,” 16 Hand, Oath by the, 110 Hare, Counting-out rhyme and incantation, 224, 225 Harginn, Chagrin, an Indian demon, 91 Hawthorne, N. P., 31 Hazel, Lady, 196 Head, bumped, Charm for, 61 Headache, Remedy for, with incantation, 21 Heine, definition of ideas, 7, 43, 130; Hell-shoon, 113 Hen, Black, Sorcery and superstitions connected with, 21; Henry, Joseph, Prof., 177 Hermann, Prof. Dr. A., xi, 45, 105 Hermanstadt, Lake near, where the devil brews storms, 129 Hermes Trismegistus, 171 Hemorrhages, Menses, Profluvium or flow of blood: to cause or to prevent it, 101, 103, 104; Hindoo Priest, The, a low type of Shaman, 9, 10 Hole in a tree, 62 Holle, Frau, a lady, 29 Holy Virgin, cramp, 36 Horns of cattle, wreathed as spell, 143 Horse, Charms to protect, 81, 82, 84, 97; Humbug, Origin of the word, 161 Husband, Spells to know the future, 117 Incantations, Florentine, used in divining by cards, 44 “Index librum prohibitorum,” 241 Indian (American) trader named Ross, Anecdote of, 179 Indian, Red, views of marvels and supernatural power, 179 Indians, or Hindoos, not all of the religions of Brahma or Buddha, 9 Innocent, Pope, Bull of, 240 Interlacing and serpentine patterns intended to bewilder and negative the evil eye, 98 Invisible, How to become, 148 Iona, the jade pebbles of, 249 Irish, Earse, Aryan, 123 Irving, Washington, 226 “Isis Unveiled,” 7 Jandra, 40 Jeremia, Pope, 63 Job, Book of, moon-worship forbidden in it, 50, 51 John, St., witches meet on Eve of St. John or St. George, 143; Jonson, Ben, staff-rhymes, 43 Joule, x Keats, 166 Kelley, “Indo-European Folk-lore,” 114 Keightley’s “Fairy Mythology,” 202, 203 Kerner, Justinus, 166 Kerr, Bellenden, old Dutch, 214 Key, To find a, 113 Klek, The tavern-keeper of; a witch wife, 73 Klingsohr, a Zingar wizard, 159 “Knaben Wunderhorn, Des,” 196 Knife, 230–231; Knots, Love, 139 Knots of hair, 93; Kornmann, H., “Curiosa,” 146 Kounavine, M., 40, 107, 208, 251 Krauss, Dr. F. S., of Vienna, his works, xi, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 142, 145, 148, 152, 247–248 Kugler, “Handbuch Geschichte der Malerei,” 235 Lada, Slavonian Venus, 138 Lady or spirit in the well, 137 Laki, Lakshmi, 107 La Motte FouquÉ, Undines, 146 Language, Origin of, 3, 4; Lantern, The Fairies’, 203 Latche romni, or female magicians in Hungary, 46 Latour, Charlotte de la, “Symbols of Flowers” (straw), 31 Layard, Sir H. Austen, 235 Leek, Magic virtues of, 53 “Legends of the Birds,” by C. G. Leland, 154 Leidy, Dr. Joseph, 250 “Leitner, Dr., Results of a Tour in Dardistan, Kashmir,” &c., 91 Leland, Charles Godfrey: the Algonkin Indians, &c., 55 “Le Normant, Magie Chaldaienne,” 44, 62 Lettuce, Divination by, 54 Levi, Eliphaz (l’AbbÉ Constant), 238 LÏbussa, Queen of Bohemia: Slavic lore, 115 Liebich, R. (“Die Zigeuner”), 110, 215 Liebrecht, J., 91 Lightment, theft (old cant), 211 Lightning averted by sticking a knife into a loaf of bread, 128 Lilith, or Herodias, 36, 37, 62, 63, 64 Lime or linden tree, 138 Ljesje, Russian fairies, 67 Lob’s Pound, 202 Lockyer, Norman, x Lord and Lady Cramp, Disease, Vampire and Wehrwolf, 37 Lord of the Forest, 131 Lorent, “Hist. de l’Inquisition,” 254 Love-charm from English gypsy, 53 Mac Ritchie, “Earth Houses and their Inhabitants”; “The Testimony of Tradition,” 70 Magdalen, Mary, 138 Magic brought by gypsies to Europe, xi; Magic power of Dreams, Chapter XI.; Magnusen, Fin, on the Elder-tree, 28, 29 Malocchio, 103 Mama padura, or Weshni dye, the forest-mother, 130 Manes, 64 Man, Primitive, and his religion, 6 Marcellus Burdigalensis, charm for toothache, &c., 54, 61, 102, 104, 221, 224 Maria Theresa Dollars, 231, 232 Marvels: all marvels and miracles begin and end with man himself, 171 Mascot, 147 Mashmurdalo, The gypsy sylvan giant, 8; Maudsley, on Attention and Interest, 172 Memory, latent power: how it may be developed, 171 Men first made from leaves, 94; Menzel, Christh., “Symbolik,” 256 Merbitz, J. V., “De Infantibus Supposititiis,” 60 Miklosich, 50 Milk the tether, To, 199 Milles, Dean, MS. (“humbug”), 161 Millni, “Gallerie Mythologique,” 237 Milton, John, attributes all disease to sin and the devil, 150 Mirandola, Picus de, 64 Moncrief Maradan, “The Historiogriffe of Cats,” 137 Monotheism, 157 Moon, Full, charms, 50 Moon, in incantation, 85 Morgan, C. Lloyd, 130 Mors, Mars, 125 Naglfara, the ship made of dead men’s nails, 71 Nakedness in witch-spells, 133, 134, 135 Name, Nav, 220 Names suffice for explanations with many people, 177, 178 Nano, a Hindoo Gypsy, 230, 231 Nature, No violation of the laws of, 178 Negro-Gypsies, 215 Nettle, The, in gypsy and other Folk-lore, 95 Newell, W. W., 227 Night side of Nature, The true, 168 Nivasi, or Nivashi, spirits of earth, 46, 48, 56, 60, 69 Norden “Reise nach Aegypten,” 228 Nyerup, Lexicon, on the Elder-tree, 29 Oakley, Mr.: Indian snake-charmers, 131 Oameni micuti, small men, 131 Odin, 159 Oliana, the Slavonic spirit of water, 35 Olof Tryggvasen, 113 Om ren, the wild man, 131 Ora de Crucibus, or eggs with crosses on them, 78 Oriental origin of Slavonian and Hungarian Folk-lore, 155 Origin of witch-meetings, 142, 143 Orken, Roumanian fairies, 67 Palace in Italy long closed, 167 Pale Boshe, 45 Panusch, or Pan, 130 Paphnutius, St., Incantations to, 33 Paracelsus, Fairy mythology, 67 Paraschiva, Venus, 125 Patterns in Persian carpets made intricate to avert witchcraft and the evil eye, 98 Paul, St., prayer against snakes, 38 Pchuvasi, spirits of water, 46, 48, 49; Pchuvus’ wife, 59; Peacocks, 154 Peel or Primrose witches, 155 Peklo, Pikuljk, a Lithuanian god, 29 Periani, Parjandra, Perun, 40 Persian dancers, 158 Peru urphu, 117 Peter Pindar (Wolcott), 217 Peter, St. (toothache), 38 Phooka, 204 Phynoderee, Manx fairy, 203 Pig as an amulet, 102 Pigwiggan, a fairy, 204 Pipernus, P., “De Effectibus Magicis,” 46, 64, 149 Pixey, 202 Plato, Memory according to, x, 220 Pliny incantations, 54 Plundering of peasants by gypsies, 214, 215, 216 Poetical and artistic composition always the result of awakening the Dream faculty, 166; Porcellana, porcella, porcelain, 102 Portalis, “Couleurs Symboliques,” 28 Potions, Revolting, 127 Povodne Vile, Slavonian water-spirits, 69 Pozemne Vile, Slavonian earth-spirits, 69 PrÆtorius, J., Witch-ride and Elder, 30; “Practical Education,” by C. G. Leland, 171, 184 Prag, Prague, cemetery, 30 Prediction and Prophecy, their origin, 189 Prediction, Unconscious, by the author, Two instances of, 174 Priccolitsh, Priculics, 62 Priest, Unlucky to meet a, 129 Princess, The, and boots, 116 Prschemischl, Legend of shoes, 115, 116 Property, To recover stolen, 109, 110 Prophecy developed by unconscious action of Memory and Dream-power, 169, 170 Pscipolnitza, Flox goddess, 125 Pudding, The Witch’s, 56 Puschkeit, a form of Pluto, 29 Quail, the devil’s bird, 89; Quails used to cure cattle, 87, 88 Quail-weed (Wachtelkraut), 90 Quatrefages, M. de, 6 Queen of England, Her Majesty the, 247, 248 Queen, The, extract from, relative to witches and eggs, 75, 76 Quickness of perception, 172 Radical function of Dream-power, to prevent images from being forgotten, 169 Rainbow, Pointing at, 128 Read, T. B., the poet, 165 Religion: Sorcery called the “old religion” in Tuscany, xiv Ribbon, Red or yellow, 113 Richmond, John Bell, 197 Richter, Jean Paul, 185 Ring, Charm with a, 118 Robin and wren, 127 Romance, Life requires, 186 Roman Catholic magic, exorcisms, incantations, &c., 149, 150, 151 Roots, Magic power of, 153 Rose, Plucking a, 106 Rosicrucian doctrine of Spirits, 67 Roth, Rudolf, “Litteratur und Geschichte des Veda,” 54 Roumanian superstitions, 121, 125 Rowan tree, charm against witches, 197, 198 Rules, Infallible, for fortune-telling, 182, 183 Running water, Divination by means of, 55, 56 Sacramental bread and wine used by witches for sorcery, 149 Sacrifices one of the first results of supernatural fear, 5 Saga, Hervor, Gautrek, Olof Tryggvason’s, 145 Saints’ days and Shamanism, 126 Salt used in sorcery, 19; Salves, Magic, 20 Samovile, or samodivi, 67 Saxon superstitions, 126 Scapegoat, Gypsy, 15 Scent revolver, 139 Schafarik, “Slawische AlterthÜmer,” Shoe-lore legend, 115 Schlemihl, Peter, 116 Scholomance (Salamanca), 128 Schwenki (“Myth. der Slaven”), 29 Science, Enlarged views in, ix, x Scissors or shears in sorcery, 128 Scotch clergyman, Anecdote of, 118 Scott, W., “Lady of the Lake,” 55 Seventh sons and daughters, 45, 46 Serpent, Charm against, 35, 38 Servetus, burned by Calvin, 239 Seven League Boots, 116 Shakespeare staff-rhymes, 43 Shamanism: its first stage, or witchcraft in a rude form, 6; Shaman, The, his origin and influence on man, 5 Shelley, 166 Shells as amulets and as used in sorcery, 102, 232, 233, 234, &c. Shoe-string, an amulet, 246, 247 Shoe love-charm, A, 113; Sights, scents, and tastes by telegraph, 175 Silver, or a white object, peace, 113 Simeon and Antony, Saints, 126 Sisinie, St., Invocation to, 36 Siva, 52 Skeat, “Et. Dict.” 197 Skidbladnir, 73 Skogsnufvaz, Swedish fairies, 67 Skulls of horses and cattle used for charms, 127, 128 Snails, Magic and Folk-lore connected with, 96, 97; Somersaults, Turning, to be free from pains in the back, 129 Song conducive to cure, 22 Songs used in sorcery, 98 Sorceresses in Hungary, 46 Spiridsui, Spiridush, an attendant spirit, 136 Spirit of Earth in saffron, 27 Spirit, Struck by: to cure sore caused by a spirit’s blow or breath, 20, 21 Spirits, Elementary, the Vilas-Sylvana, 67 Sprenger, 240 Staff-rhymes, 43 Standard (London), Fetishism from the, xiii, xiv Stanko, Story of, and the Vila, 68 St. James’s Gazette on the corpse candle, xiii; Stoddard, R. H., 254 Stokepitch’s can, 202 Stones thrown when a child is born, 135 Story, W. W., “Castle, St. Angel,” 26, 27 Straw, Straw-lore, 30, 31, 32, 60 Strega, Strege, 63 Strix, Strighoi, Streghe, from “stringere,” to strangle, 135 Stupidus, or the dumb god, in Latin, German and Sanskrit tradition, 104, 105 Supernatural, First effort of the mind towards the, xiii; Superstition allied to religion, xiv; Swallows, luck-bringing birds, 127, 128 Swine, Charm to protect, 85, 93 Swords and knives used by executioners, 230, 231 Taboo, 109 Teeth, cures and charms, 25, 26 Ten Little Indian Boys, 221 Tennessee, Inhabitants of, reverting to the Red Indian type, 215 Theodore, a goblin saint, personifies the Sun, carries away girls, 126 Thieves, Spell against, 88, 89 Thistles, against witchcraft, 147, 148 Thoreau, 188 Thunderbolts, amulets, 248 Toad and devil, 253; Toad and milk-pail, 148 Toothache, Spell against, 38, 39 Toricelli, the conjurer, 183 Tree, Plugging hole in, for magical purposes, 17 Trees trained to three branches for luck, 153; Trescone alla Boema, the polka originally danced by witches, 159 Tresevica, Spell of the, 63 Tribune (New York), on Observation, 172 Tritas, the Hindoo god, 105 Tuckey, C. Lloyd, Dr., “Hypnotism and Psycho-Therapeutics,” 5, 162 Twelfth child, Krstnik, 145 Tyndale, x Undines, 146 Unlucky days in Roumania, 125 Vairus, de Fascinatione, 46 Valentine, Mrs., “Nursery Rhymes,” 221 Valkyries, 67 Vampire, Woman who has had intercourse with a, 100 Varro, 43 Venetian witchcraft, 155 Venus, Paraschiva, 125 Vikings buried in boats, 114 Vilas, Slavonian fairies, 67, 143; Vine-leaf, Magic, 138 Voices of the dead heard in a tomb by children, 237 Volga, Princess, 36 Volkv, the sorcerer, 36 Volta, an indecent witch dance, 158 Wallace, x Watching children, 136 Water-boiling to learn who will be the future husband, 118 Water-spirits, Homage to, 130 WechselbÄlge, or changelings, 60 Weird, its true meaning, 43 Westwood, 162 Whirlwind, devil dancing with a witch, 128 Wigan, dual action of the brain, 163 Willow-knots, love-charms, 139 Will, Waking, common sense or judgment, 163 Winters, The, a gypsy clan, 206 Witchcraft in England, xiv; Witchcraft in Italy, 155 Witchcraft, Early, the first form or phase of superstition before a cultivated Shamanism, 124, 157 Witch doctors, 192 Witches, Burning, 239 Witches’ foot-prints, 154; Witches only powers of nature, 156 Witch, Etymology of the word: names for witches, 66; Witch Walnut-tree of Benevento, 149 Wlislocki, Dr., Obligations to, xi; Wolos, Sting of, charms, 32, 34 Woman, Old, who lived in a shoe, 117 Women excel in certain qualities, 161 Wordsworth, 166 Wuch-ow-sen, the eagle, 240 WÜthende Heer, or Wild Hunter, the storm, 59 Wuttke, D., “Deutsche Volks aberglaube der Gegenwart,” 72 Zeno, the Terrible Exorcism, 150 Zigeuner, origin of the word, 30 Zracne Vile, aerial spirits, 69 UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON. |
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