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Maine, 165
Malt, 80
Malta, 144
Man, Isle of, 20, 82
Manitous, 150
Mars, 8
Martinmas, 62
Mary, Virgin, 29, 126, 132, 138, 145
Mary Avenel, 62
Maryland, 165
Massachusetts, 164
Master of the Revels, 97
May-bride, 126
May Eve and Day, 4, 11-13, 29, 33, 45, 47, 107, 125, 135, 136, et seq.; -fires, 13, 61; -pole, 126; -ridings, 125; -shooting, 140
Meal, 83, 164
Meath, 15, 17
Medb, 36, 39
Meg, 68
"Men of Peace," 63
Mercury, 8, 15
Midir, 39-41
Middle Ages, 129
Midsummer, 3, 11, 20, 28, 33, 53, 125, 146
Milk, 45, 51, 112
Minerva, 8
Mirror, 85, 129, 146-147, 149, 161-162
Miserere, 142
Mistletoe, 7, 40, 120
Modred, 84
Mona, 27
Monastery, 62
Moon, 40, 74, 76, 77, 146, 155, 162
Moray, 59
Moytura, 20, 22, 35
Music, 36, 39-40, 43-47, 56, 64, 67, 87, 111
Myths, origin of, 2
Naples, 142
Needles, 117, 133, 151, 158, 166
Negroes, 153
Nera, 37, 107
Net, 83
Neverland, 64
New Brunswick, 167
New Hampshire, 165
New Year, 82, 102, 154. See also Year's end
New Year's Day, 17
Niflheim, 122
Nikko, 146
Norse, 80, 82, 119, 134
Norway, 1, 126, 130
"Nos Galan Gaeof," 102
November, Eve, 33, 35, 37, 44, 50, 59, 79, 101-102, 107, 112, 137; first, 4, 11, 16, 25-26, 137, 144; in Rome, 30; second, 30, 118, 144
Nuts, 26, 33, 50-52, 73, 90-92, 103-104, 109, 115, 144, 155, 159-160, 169
Oak, 6-7, 27, 40, 122
Oats, 55, 77
Oatmeal cakes, 79
Obsession, 44
October 31st, 4, 10, 17, 50, 82, 85, 118
Odin, 120, 124, 129, 131
"Oidhche Shamhna," 50
Olaf, 126
Omens, 14, 22, 26, 50-52, 104, 117, 137; from sacrifices, 9, 17, 33, 123, 166; evil, 28
Oonah, 45
Ops, 23
Ordeal, 9, 123-124
Osiris, 1, 18
Ossian, 47-48, 150
Ostia, 25
Otherworld, 19, 39, 42, 47, 84, 103, 107, 111, 115, 121, 146, 150
Ovid, 24, 114
Owls, 134, 152, 155
Paddy Beg, 46-47
Paddy More, 46-47
Paganism, 30, 35, 59, 109, 141
Pageant, 170
Pantheon, 29
Paradise, 31
Partholon, 13
Parties, Hallowe'en, 155
Peace, 171
Peas, 92, 94
Pelagius, 83
Pennsylvania, 165
Perthshire, 59
Peru, 1
Peter Pan, 63-64
Ph[oe]nicians, 5
Picts, 108
Piper, fairy, 43-44, 64, 87
Pixies, 103, 110
Pomona, 4, 23-26, 50, 85, 155
Pontypridd, 101
Preparedness for Peace, 170
Procopius, 111
Prophets, Druids as, 9, 43; witches as, 89, 134, 151
Pumpkins, 155, 160
Purgatory, 31, 99, 106, 145
Puy de Dome, 131
"Puzzling-jug," 103-104
Races, 15, 26
Rapunzel, 125
Red Mike, 54, 62
Rick, 55
Ring, 51-52, 55, 72, 96, 156, 165, 168
Rip Van Winkle, 150
Rome, 8, 23-30, 114, 119-120; relations to Druids, 27; All Saints' in, 32
Roses, 105
Rowan. See Ash-tree
Sacrifices, 20, 109, 137; to Baal, 8-9, 11-13, 17, 101; omens from, 33; to Tyr, 123
St. Augustine, 83
St. Bridget, 45
St. Colomba, 50
St. Gertrude, 126
St. John's Day and Eve, 3, 28, 109, 110, 137, 141
St. Kilda, 79
St. Michael, 85
St. Ninian, 83
St. Odilo, 30
St. Patrick, 5, 43, 83
Saga, 124
Salerno, 142
Salt, 57, 67, 79, 82, 83, 134, 169
Saman, 10, 31, 50, 80
Samhain (Saveen), 16, 18, 20-22, 26, 31, 35-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 48, 59, 65, 82
Samhnagan, 60
Samhanach, 64
Sark. See Shirt
Satan, 120, 133
Sauin. See Samhain
Scandinavia, 119, 126, 134
Scotland, 59, 78, 79, 81, 82, 99, 104, 127, 156; belief in fairies in, 6, 62-64
Scots, 108
Seasons, 1
Seaweed, 80
Secrecy, 45, 77-78, 124, 155; in Druid rites, 9-10, 124
Seed-cake, 97
Seeds, 14, 92, 121
Serpent's-egg. See Adder-stone
Seville, 131
Shee, 39
Shirt-sleeve, wetting the, 56, 78-79, 126-129, 165
Shoe, 77, 170
Shony, 80
Shropshire, 98
"Sid," 37, 49. See also Forts
Sigurd, 124
Sitou, 18
Sleep, 39, 47, 87, 124-125
Sloe, 52, 85
Snakes. See Adder-stone
Snap-apple. See Apples
Sol, 1
Soul-cakes. See Cake
South, 165
South Uist, 81
Sowens, 79
Spain, 131, 144
Spectre Huntsman, 90
Spirits, 6, 20, 103; abroad, 14, 22, 31, 35, 44, 48; evil, 4, 18, 20, 56, 63, 87, 99, 129
Staffordshire, 98
Stones, 60, 101-102, 106, 109
Stories, 81, 96, 149, 169
Straw, 77, 99
Strunt, 79
"Summer's end," 3-4, 11-12, 16, 25, 44
Sun-god, 1-3, 8, 15, 44, 84-85, 87, 120-121, 124, 126, 136; -worship, 21; -wise, 3, 17, 60, 67
Superstitions, 33, 62, 83, 135, 153-154
Swans, 38-39, 41
Swastika, 8
Sweden, 126, 133
Symbols, 7-8, 28
Tam o' Shanter, 68-69, 89
Tannhaeuser, 131-133
Tara, 17, 21, 43, 48, 59
Tempest, 87
Teuton, 108, 124, 142
Teutonic, 4, 125
Thanksgiving, 3-4; for harvest, 59
Thimble, 51, 72, 83, 156
Thor, 134
Thorn, 45
Thread, 138, 167
Thuringia, 131
Tiberius, 27
Tigernmas, 20-21
"Tin Islands," 5
Tlactga, 17
Toads, 152
Toasts, 126
Todmorden, 90
Torches, 14, 60-61, 68, 99
Tree-worship, 7-8, 92, 123
Trefoil, 8, 29
Trinity, 29
Tripod, 65, 134, 155
Trolls, 121, 130, 150
Tuatha De Danann, 20, 29, 38-39, 43, 48-50, 107-108
Tub, 53, 93, 96, 160; apples in. See Apples
Tyr, 123
United States, 153
Valhalla, 121-122
Vali, 121
Valkyries, 122, 136
Vandals, 119
Venus, 131-132
Vertumnus, 24-25
Vortumnalia, 25
Vulcan, 120
Vurdh, 123
Wales, 27, 101, 105, 106, 108, 144, 168; belief in fairies in, 6
Walnut-tree, 92
Walpurga, 136
Ward, Hill of. See Tara
Water, 57, 68, 97, 165
Wedding of sun and earth, 126, 136
"Weird Sisters," 123
Wendy, 64
Wheel, sun-symbol, 8, 13, 17; of fortune, 163
White Lady, 62
Wild Huntsman, 90, 131
Will-o'-the-wisps, 121
Windsor Forest, 90
Winnowing, 75-76
Winter, first day of, 18, 44, 87, 102, 112
Witches, 4, 60-61, 65-69, 89, 99, 101, 129-131, 133-135, 146, 155
Witchcraft, 4, 81, 89, 134
Wood, 52, 57, 97
Wotan. See Odin
Yarn, 55, 75, 104, 140, 165
Year's end, 10, 17-18, 84
Yellow, 156
Yggdrasil, 122
Yorkshire, 97
Yule, 3, 126
Zschokke, 140
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Represented the "oe" ligature as [oe].
Adjusted placement of footnotes.
Page 88: Retained alternate spelling of "Candelmas" in quoted material versus standard spelling in index.
Page 182: Standardized punctuation.
Pages 191 & 194: Standardized index cross-reference words.
Page 204: Standardized spelling of "sick-bed."
Page 207: Standardized spelling of Voeluspa.
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