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INDEX TO VOLUME XXX.

On account of the diversity of matter contained in the "Journal of American
Folk-Lore," a certain amount of classification of the contents seems desirable. In
consulting the index, matters pertaining to the following subjects should be looked
up under those headings.

Ballads,

Etiology,

Games,

Incidents and objects in myths,
Music,

Acoma, All-Souls Day in, 496.

Ai-lao, tradition regarding origin of the,

422.

Alabama folk-lore, 414.

Alden, John, a maternal ancestor of Long-
fellow, popular hero in Colonial New
England, 413.

and John Stewart, difference between,
413.

Alden, Priscilla, 412, 413.

All-Souls Day at Zuñi, Acoma, and Laguna,
495, 496.

American Folk-Lore Society, address of

the retiring President at Twenty-
Eighth Annual Meeting, 161–167.
Canadian branches, officers of, 499.
Kentucky Branch, local meetings, 272.
local meetings, 272, 273, 411.
Mexican Branch, 411.

Missouri Branch, Tenth Annual Meeting,

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Rhymes,
Songs,

Superstitions,

Tales,
Tribes.

Atwell, George, the Mr. Attowel of the
"Shirburn Ballads," 375.

Atwell, Hugh, wrong identification of, by
Clark, 374.

Axe, Carib legend explaining origin of, 258.
embedded in full-grown tree, 255, 256.
European steel, value of, in Guiana, 252.
stone, for protection against lightning,
255.

Axes, origin of stone, in Surinam, indicated
by their names, 256.

the names of stone, in the Negro and In-
dian languages of Surinam, 256.
Azema described, 242.

Bakroe, forms taken by, and places where
found, 242.

Bahamas, belief in, regarding the killing of
a snake or cat working witch, 185.
Boukee and Rabbit in folk-lore of, 230.
folk-tales of, and of the Carolinas, much
the same, 169.

Four Folk-Tales from Fortune Island,

228, 229.

name for "corn" in, 188.

practice in, of pouring corn before house-
door, or inside haunted room, to dis-

tract spirit, 188.

proverbs from, collected on Abaco, 274.
riddles from, collected on Andros Island,

275-277.

see Andros Island.

Ballad-mongers, habit of, relating to sig-
natures, 377.

Ballads:

Bangum and the Boar (Missouri variant
of Child, No. 18), 291, 292.

Bessy Bell and Mary Gray (Child, 281),
325.

Bonny Barbara Allen (Child, 84). 317.
Brangywell (variant of Child, No. 18),

292.

Captain Ward and the Rainbow (Child,
287), 332.

Children's Song (North Carolina variant
of Child, 79), 305–307.

505

Ballads, continued:

Fair Margaret and Sweet William
(Child, 74), 302.

Florella, current under various names,
344.

Hangman Song (North Carolina variant
of Child, No. 95), 321.
Henry Martyn (Child, No. 250), 327.
James Harris (The Demon Lover)
(Child, No. 243), 325-327.
Lady Alice (Child, No. 85), 317.

Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight (Child,
No. 4), 286.

Lamkin (Child, No. 93), 318.

Little Mathew Grove (Kentucky variant
of Child, No. 81), 311-313.
Little Matthy Groves (Missouri variant
of Child, No. 81), 314-317.
Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
(Child, No. 81), 309.

Lord Daniel's Wife (Kentucky variant of
Child, No. 81), 313, 314.

Lord Orland's Wife (Kentucky variant of
Child, No. 81), 309–311.

Lord Randal (Child, No. 12), 289, 290.
Love Henry (Indiana variant of Child,
No. 68), 301, 302.

Loving Henry (Kentucky variant of
Child, No. 68), 298, 299.
Lydia Margaret (Missouri variant of
Child, No. 74), 303, 304.

Our Goodman (Child, No. 274), 328.
Sir Hugh, or the Jew's Daughter (Child,
No. 155), 322.

Sir Lionel (Child, No. 18), 291.
Strawberry Lane (Maine variant of
Child, No. 2), 284, 285.

The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
(Child, No. 105), 321, 322.

The Cherry-Tree Carol (No. 54), 287.
The Cruel Mother (Child, No. 20), 293.
The Elfin Knight (Child, No. 2), 283-285.
The False Knight (Missouri variant of
Child, No. 3), 286.

The Farmer's Curst Wife (Child, No.
278), 329.

The Fause Knight upon the Road
(Child, No. 3), 285.

The Forsaken Girl, 345.

The Golden Ball (variant of Child, No.
95), used as a game by New York
children on the lower east side, 319.
The Gypsy Davy (Maine and Massa-
chusetts variant of Child, No. 200),
324, 325.

The Gypsy Laddie (Child, No. 200), 323.
The Hangman's Tree (Missouri variant
of Child, No. 95), 320.

The Hunting of the Cheviot (Child,
No. 162), 323.

The Jolly Thresherman, 353, 354.
The Lady Gay (Kentucky variant of
Child, No. 79), 308.

The Lass of Roch Royal (No. 76), 304.
The Maid freed from the Gallows (Child,
No. 95), 318.

The Mermaid (No. 289), 333-

The Merry Golden Tree (Missouri
variant of Child, No. 286), 331, 332.
The Old Woman and the Devil (Missouri
variant of Child, No. 278), 329, 330.
The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity)
(Child, No. 286), 330.

The Three Little Babes (Tennessee vari-
ant of Child, No. 79), 308, 309.
The Twa Brothers (Child, No. 49), 293.
The Twa Sisters (Child, No. 10), 286,
287.

The Two Brothers (Missouri variant of
Child, No. 49), 294.

The West Countree (Missouri variant of
Child, No. 10), 287, 288.

The Wife of Usher's Well (Child, No. 79),
305.

The Wife wrapt in Wether's Skin (Child,
No. 277), 328.

The Yorkshire Bite (The Crafty Plough-
boy), 367-369.

There was an Old Woman Lived on the
Seashore (Nebraska [1870] variant of
Child, No. 10), 288, 289.

Three Little Babes (Nebraska variant of
Child, No. 79), 307.

Young Beichan (Child, No. 53), 294–297.
Young Henry (Missouri variant of Child,
No. 68), 299, 300.

Young Hunting (Child, No. 68), 297.
See also Songs.

Ballads (Shirburn), Notes on the, 370-377-
Ballads and Songs, 283-369.

Bamboo, ancestor of the Ye-lang, 421.

family name among the Chinese, 425.
Bantu Tales, 262-268.

Barbeau, C.-M., Contes Populaires Canadi-
ens (Seconde série), 1-140.
cited, 403, 410.

Bath of thunder-stone water a cure for
rheumatism, 259.

Baum, Paull Franklin, The Three Dreams
or "Dream-Bread" Story, 378-410.
Bear abundant in region of Kaska and
Tahltan, 428.

of the Louisiana Indians, a brown bear,

477.

Beasts kneel at midnight on Christmas, 208.
Berrying and root-digging, mention of, in
Kaska and Tahltan tales rare, 429.
Bibliography of Negro tales, 170.

of Negro folk-lore, Surinam, 239, 240.
Black Tai, taboos among, 415-417.
Boas, Franz, quoted, 2.

The Origin of Death, 486-491.
Boesi-nanasi, an epiphyte (Tillandsia usne-
oides Linn.), 246.

Boesi-letei, bush-ropes, 246, 247.
Bonifacy, work among the Lolo of, 418.
"Book of Sindibad" in tenth century, 380.
Borrowing in tales, 429, 444.

Boukee and Rabbit in Bahama folk-lore,230.
Boven Saramacca (Upper Saramacca)
district, "winged'' axes embedded in
hollow trees found in, 256.

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Canoe navigation in British Columbia,
head of, 428.

Carib legend, 253, 258.

Caribou, importance of hunting of, reflected
in Kaska and Tahltan tales, 428, 429.
Carson, Wm., Ojibwa tales, 491–493.
Cat, eaten by Black Tai, 416.

not a totem of the Miao, 419 (note 2).
Celts of "winged" type from Surinam
described, 251.

Surinam belief as to celestial origin of,
261.

with ornamental features, 251.
Cemetery, spirits prevented from leaving,
by thunder-stones, 260.

Charm against evil consequences from
telling Anansi-tori in the day-time,
243.

Charms, 7, 8.

Child accepts as Scotch the ballad of "Will

Stewart and John," 412.

final collection of, 325.

first American text of "The Twa Sisters"
printed by, in 1883, 286.

version from oral tradition of the
"Elfin Knight" printed by, in 1883,
283.

first American copy of "The Hangman's
Tree" published by, 318.

Children an easy prey to the leba, 242.
Chitimacha, myths of, show evidence of

European connection, 474.

notes regarding beliefs and medical
practices of, 477, 478.

speaking knowledge of the old tongue of,
confined to four individuals, 474.
superstitions of, 477, 478.
Chitimacha Myths and Beliefs, Some,
474-478.

Christmas celebrated in North Carolina by

stopping work, 208.

observed by plants and beasts, 208.
Clark, Andrew, publisher in 1907 of the

"Shirburn Ballads " (1585-1616), 370.
Cleare, W. T., Four Folk-Tales from For-
tune Island, Bahamas, 228, 229.
Cleveland Public Library owner of the

John G. White Collection of Folk-
Lore, Oriental and Medieval Litera-
ture, and Archæology, 413.

Clever personages, 4, 396, 401, 402.
Club of Surinam formerly provided, near
end, with celt, 251.

Club-fist, 207, 208.

Color of thunder-stone a criterion of its
power, 254, 260.

affected by soil and weather, 254.
Contes Populaires Canadiens (Seconde
série), 1-140.

Contests, rivalries, and tournaments, 18-
20. See Incidents.

Convulsions cured by powder of thunder-
stone, 259.

Corn-Maidens in Zuñi mythology give
fertility to the soil, 498.

Corpse of one killed by blow from strength
derived from thunder-stone extremely
heavy, 260.

Couplet on the happy reconciliation
between the Earl of Mar and his
daughter, 413.

Courtship of Will Stewart conducted by
John Stewart, 412.

Crane bridge, the place where wolverene
was dropped into the river, 458.
Criminal escapes hanging through a riddle,
203.

Criterion by which to test the accuracy of
an aboriginal statement, 167.
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, Zuñi tale trans-
lated by, 497.
Customs (Acoma):

on All-Souls Day, 496.
Customs (Kaska):

woman remains in retirement during and
for some time after confinement, 471.
Customs (Laguna):

dropping food on fire or on floor, in
remembrance of the dead, 495.
on All-Souls Day, 496.

Customs (Zuñi):

dropping food on fire or floor in remem-
brance of the dead, 495.

on All-Souls Day, 495, 496.
Cypress-tree struck by lightning, use of
splinters from, in medical practice, 477.

Dance on Cape Verde Islands, refreshments
served at, 233.

Darby, Loraine, Ring-Games from Georgia,

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Dog, flesh of, not eaten by the Man, 421.
Dragon, ancestor of the Ai-lao, a T'ai
tribe, 422.

Dragon-fly, a Zuñi rain symbol, 497.
Drawing of thunder-axe by Carib Indian,
257.

"Dream-bread" story, 378-410.

"Edelstein," one of the early books printed
in Germany, 386.

Elephant represented by Louisiana Indians
as a man-eater, 477.
English and Scottish Popular Ballads,
The, the final collection of Child, 325.
Environment, influence of, on Surinam
story-teller, 241.

Equilibrium of inanimate objects affected
by sharp thunder-clap, 255.
Etiology:

Origin of ending of Anansi stories, 241.
Origin of Carib axe, 258.

why bears make dens in mountains,
444.

why black bears are better eating than
grizzly bears, 448.

origin of constellation, 493.

why death is in the world, 476, 486-491.
origin of earth, 441-443. See also
Muskrat.

why there is fire in rocks and woods,
comparative notes, 443.

why giants are easily fooled, 445.
origin of gold coins, 248.

why grizzly bears are mean sometimes
and want to fight people, 448.
why the Indians cache their meat, 467.
why Indians have their homes among the
brush and weeds, 476.

origin of languages, 443.

why the lynx has a short blunt nose, 455.
why man is mortal, 476, 487, 491.
why some married people unjustly
accuse one another of infidelity, 456.
origin of the marten, 432.

why men sometimes cohabit with a

sister, comparative notes, 460.

why men like a woman who dresses well,
456.

origin of months, 493.

why mosquitoes are in the world, 445.
why the mountain-sheep's head is small
between the horns, 430.

why people have had chiefs, 451.
why people say that when rain falls, it
is tears, 448.

why people say that a red sky is blood,
448.

origin of ponds at source of St. John s
River, 481.

why rabbit's nose is split, 476.
origin of Reversing Falls, 480.
origin of St. John's River, 481.

why the separation of a good woman
from a bad man is a benefit, 457.
cause for markings on spider's back, 241.
summer, origin of, 493.

why the Tlingit say a Kaska man created
whales, 452.

why the tongues of sheep are black, 430.
how war started among the Indians, 469.
why the wolverene has peculiar marks
on his back, 458.

why the wolverene is a thief, 470, 471.
why women are deceitful, 462.

why the Zuñi plant every year for the
priests, 499.

European connection evidenced in Chiti-
macha myths, 474.

Facéties et Contes Canadiens, 141-157.
Famine at Rome in 1527 as a background
for story, 393.

Fan tabooed to a family of Black Tai, 416.
Feather crown of thunder-axe compared
with rock-inscriptions found in Guiana,
258.

Fishing a prominent feature in tales bor-
rowed from Tlingit, 429.

Folk-Lore Society of Texas, 411.
Folk-Tales collected at Miami, Fla., 222-
227.

Formula with pantomime, for amusing
children in region of Saint-Hyacinthe,
146.

Formulas for beginning tales, Anansi-tori,
243, 244, 246, 248.

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Canadian-French, 23.

— ending tales, Canadian-French, 23, 24.
of Cape Verde Islanders, 238.
magic, 7.

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Foundation-walls of Lutheran Church at
Paramaribo, 255.

Four Folk-Tales from Fortune Island,
Bahamas, 228, 229.

Franklin, G. B., Priscilla Alden
Suggested Antecedent, 412, 413.

Game, counting-out, 207.

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Game less abundant in the woods than on
high ground, 471.

Game-animals abundant in region of Kaska
and Tahltan, 428.

Games. See Ring-games.

Gamella, a large wooden platter, 238.

Gascons proverbially clever, 396, 401, 402.
Geological Survey of Canada, publications
under auspices of, 427.

Gesture, expression, and manner of Surinam
narrator, powerful adjuncts to in-
terest in stories, 241.

Gifts, differing series of, in various versions
of "The Twelve Days of Christmas,"
366, 367.

Goats abundant in region of Kaska and
Tahltan, 428.

Grenada, practice in, of pouring corn before
house-door, or inside haunted room,
to distract spirit, 188.

Guiana, Dutch, a fertile field for folk-lore,

239.

British, Journal of the Royal Agricultural
and Commercial Society of, 258.

Guiana, notched and ornamented celts
from, 251.

practice in, of throwing rice before door

of house to capture witch, 242.
similarity of the feather crowns of the
thunder-axe found in, to the rock-
inscriptions found there, 258.

value of steel axe among Indians of, 252.

Haller, Johann, in 1680, translated Latin
works into Hungarian, 402.

Halwa, a cake of flour, butter, sugar, 381.
Ha'wik'uh, principal town of Cibola, 497.
Hawikuh, the village, according to Hodge,

where Estevan lost his life, 165.
Henry, A., observations by, of totemic
traits among Lolo, 417.

Hering, C. J., anecdote by, 254, 255.
History, aboriginal, 162.

Hodge, F. W., on Zuñi geographical state-

ments, 165.

Hop-vines on Christmas, 208.

Horse, widely differing accounts of first

appearance of, by Indian tribes, 164.
Horse-fish, a creature with the head of a

horse and the tail of a fish, 234.
Hungary, disappearance from, of ancient

native popular tales and legends, 402.
Hunting, importance of, reflected in tales
of Kaska and Tahltan, 429.

and trapping chief occupation of the
Kaska and Tahltan, 427.

Hyland River, British Columbia, shoulder-
blade of an enormous animal found
on top of mountain near, 450.

Incidents and objects in myth:
adventures of Nenabosho, 491, 492.

advice for Anansi given gratis by the
doctor, 245.

- which, when carried out, brings harm
to advised one, 432, 433.

Aglǝbe'm causes a water famine, 480.

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killed by falling tree, 481.

"Ain't it well to be pyrt!" 196.

air, stabbed into, becomes calm, 480.

All-Gone, wolf's last niece, 216.

alligator and rabbit walk and talk to-
gether, 180.

caught in trap set by rabbit, 181.

fast asleep trapped, 475.

threatens to get even with rabbit, 180,
181.

throws rabbit into brier-patch, 181.
tied by his teeth to a tree, 475.

Anansi appealed to on the question of
returning evil for good, 249.
disguised as a doctor, 245.

- eats so much that he nearly bursts, 245.
entraps his wife, 244.

gives advice for his own cure, 245.
humiliated by treatment of wife, 244.
— looks with longing eyes on a fine fat
sheep belonging to his wife, 244.
-near top of well, drops his spade be-
hind him, 244.

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