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Advent Customs 48 (2)
Age of Oral Narratives see ORAL NARRATIVES
Aids Legend (see also CONTEMPORARY LEGENDS) 27; 29
Alien Big Cats see under BEASTS AT LARGE
Amy Johnson Rhyme 5; 23
An Illkept Secret see FOLKTALE TYPES
Animal Emergency Care 43
Antlered Goddesses 29
Apotropaic Dolls (Uzbez & Tajik) 44
Apple Blossom in September 50
Arbor Tree (Aston-on-Clun) 23; 36
Archæology of Folk Magic 32
Architect, Wife & Patron see ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, MASONS etcetera
Architects, Builders, Masons & Sculptors: Their Perpetrations,Tragedies & Tribulations 32; 34; 35; 36 (3); 37 (3); 38 (4); 39 (6); 40 (under LONKIN'S HALL); 41 (2) (under LONKIN'S HALL & ARCHITECT, WIFE & PATRON); 42 (2) (under MASTERMANOLE & SUICIDAL SCULPTOR); 43 (under LONG LONKIN); 44 (2) (see second entry under LONG LONKIN); 48; 50
Armageddon see MILLENNIUM BELIEFS
Atlantis 36
Australian Airforce Legends (under 'BUTCH' HARRIS RAF) 29
Avebury see STONEHENGE
Babies: Origin of 28
Babylonian Relief (Burney Relief) see NEAR-EASTERN UNDERWORLD GODDESSES
Bacup Coconut Dancers (Lancashire) 47 (see also entries under MAYOR OF OCK STREET)
Baddeley Cake 13
Badgers & Groundhogs (Candlemas Day Beliefs) 28
Banana Skin Jokes: Going Bananas 17; 18
Banning & Expelling Rats 48; 49
Baptismal Customs 11; 12
Barking Epidemics (Human) 40
Barrow Folklore (Archæol) 18
Barwick-in-Elmet Maypole 38 (see also MAYPOLES)
Bat Phobia: Bats out of Hell 14; 15; 16
Beasts at Large (Beast of Bodmin) 22; 25; 28 (under Press Updates); 50 (under ALIEN BIG CATS);
Beating and Riding the Bounds & Perambulations:

Morpeth, Riding 47; 48
Newbury, Bounding 47
Perambulating (Article, 1872) 9

Belief in Amulets 1; 9
Belize Customs see BRAMMING
Betty's Grave (Poulton, Glos.) 32
Bigfoot in Britain 40; 41; 42
Billiken: Who is He? (Luck Figure?) 22; 38 (2)
Biographies:

Andrew Lang 42
Hamish Henderson 37
Charlotte Latham (Sussex) 42
James Madison Carpenter (Collection) 41
W F H (Bill) Nicolaisen 50
Iona Opie 14
'Doc' Rowe 38
John Widdowson 29

Birthdays & Birthday Celebrations 39; 40 (3); 41 (2);
Biting Babies' Nails 45
Black Cats 27; 33
Black Dogs 42; 43 (2)
Black Dogs (Kent) 34
Black Magic & Poll Tax 15
Black Tape: A Satanic Indicator? 21
Blacksmith Legends see ESTIMATING AGE OF ORAL NARRATIVES
Blessing Cars & Motor-cycles (1954) 17
Bloodstained Rocks 40
Blowing out the Candle (Action Story) 8; 9; 10; 11
Bluebell Lore 27; 28
Bonfire Night 37; 42 (Firle, Sussex); 44; 48
Bottle Imps 42
Boundaries 40
Boy Bishops (Hereford) 44
Boys as Bears see DANCING BEARS
Boys Dressed as Girls: Reason for Custom 32; 33 (5); 34; 35; 39; 41
Bramming: Belize Christmas Custom 46
Breton Folklore see FRENCH & BRETON FOLKLORE
Bridegrooms' Socks 18; 19; 28
Brough Holly Night 32
Building Customs, Ceremonies & Beliefs:

Archæology & Building Customs 32
Foundation Customs 11; 50 (under BURIED NELSON MEMORIALS)
Objects Secreted in Buildings 13; 31 (3); 32
Topping Out, Roof Raising & Spire-Blessing etc 6; 7; 8; 11; 13; 17; 47

Burglars' Superstitions 17; 19
Burial Coins 23
Burial Upside-Down, Face Down, Sitting & Upright 41; 42; 43 (3); 44 (5); 45 (3) (Burial in two places); 46 (Burial in three places); 50 (under UPRIGHT IN DEATH); (see also CATTLE PROTECTION BY BURIAL)
Buried Nelson Memorials see GRAVE MATTERS
Burying the Dead Horse 42 (see also HORSE BONES IN DISUSED KILNS)
Butcher's String as Cure 27
Calendar Slippage (Anticipation of Dated Customs) 29
Camp Fire Girls & Camp Fire Songs 19; 21; 23; 24
Canadian Beliefs 23; 24
Canal Boat Art 16
Candlemas Day Beliefs see BADGERS & GROUNDHOGS
Caning Lore (ie Punishment) 28
Cannibalism at Sea see SEA, SEAFARERS & FISHERMEN
Cannibals & Stolen Organs 21
Car Number Plates & Car Folklore 32; 35; 36 (see also NAMES OF DRINKS)
Carlisle Curse see CURSES
Carol Parodies 28; 29; 30; 31; 32
Castleton Garland 30
Castrating the Fog: French Sailors' Custom 46
Cat Burials in Mine Workings 9
Cattle Protection by Burial (under UPSIDE-DOWN BURIAL) 49
Cauld Lad of Hilton, The 49; 50 (2)
Cauls 13; 14; 15; 16
Cecil Sharp Centenary 40; 41
Censorship in Folklore 29
Chain Letters (includes email) 5; 9; 17; 21; 25; 28; 32; 33; 39
Changelings: Medical Origin of Belief 6
Changing Gender see NURSERY FOLKLORE
Charms & Fortune-Telling (1857) 16
Charivari (Stang Riding: Rough Music) 8; 16; 21; 22 (under THOUGHTS ARISING); 33; 50 (see also CLATTERING)
Cheese rolling (Gloucester) 30
Chelsea Smilers see CONTEMPORARY LEGENDS
Chesterton, G. K. (1874-1936) on Folkloristics 39
Childhood Beliefs 24; 27 & 28 (under A CHILD'S LIFE IN WARTIME)
Children's Rhymes see RHYMES
Children's Riddles 2
Child's Name Considered Ill-Omened 19; 20
Chinese Folklore: Request for Correspondents 8
Christianization of Fairies in Armenia 37
Christmas & Wedding customs 41; 44
Christmas Lights & Christmas Memorials 48 (2); 49 (see also DISPLAYS ON GRAVES)
Christmas Reindeer Traditions 12
Church Building: Journal (to include Folklore) 31
Church Clipping (under BLACK TAPE ) 21; 22 (under THOUGHTS ARISING);
Church Design see CHURCH BUILDING
Church Lions 25
Cigarette Lore 38; 39
Clapping Rhymes see RHYMES
Clattering (as Protest) 47; 48
Clock Striking as Evidence of Truth 45
Clog Offerings in Mines 11; 12; 13
Coal as an Amulet 19; 20
Coals Under Plantains 41
Cocks & Hens (Ribgrass) & Morris Dancing 10; 11
Cock Fighting 24
Cock Rolls as a Food Term 43
Cockstride Ghosts 13; 14; 15; 20
Coin Slang see MONEY SLANG
Coincidence Rituals 12
Coins & Other Objects Inserted in Trees 42; 43; 44
Coins in Fountains 19; 25
Coins in Ship's Timbers 49
Coins on the Pavement 30
Coins on the Windowsill 19
Coke (Coca-Cola) Lore 7; 8; 9; 10; 15
Collecting Items for Charity 44 (under COLLECTING MILK TOPS); 45 (under COLLECTING MILK BOTTLE TOPS);
Collections of Folklore Items (Request for a Collectors' Corner) 19
Conference Reports:

AGM Conference, London, 2001 34
AGM Conference, Bath, March 2003 40
AGM Conference, Oxford 2005 46
Charms & Charming (I), London, January 2003 40
Charms & Charming (II), London, 2005 48
Folklore & Archæology, Cardiff, March 2002 37
Guising Conference, Glasgow, 2003 41
International Society for Folk Narrative Research, Nairobi 2000 33
Leeds Metropolitan University, Folklore for Social Science Students, 21st Anniversary 48
Witchcraft in Context, York, April 2002 37

Conkers see HORSE CHESTNUTS
Conkers Championships 32
Consider, Old Cow see RHYMES
Contemporary Legends alias Urban Myths or Legends:

Aids-Needles 38
Blue Star (Drug-related) Tattoos 14; 17
Chelsea Smilers 9; 16
Chewing Hair Results in Death 15; 17
Childbirth Gift Vouchers 46
Chinese version of Kentucky Fried Rat 7
Cookie (Biscuit) Thief (verse version) 31
Death from Hair-chewing 17
Exploding Toilets 31
Guide Dogs & Buses 40
Hair Balls 15
Missing Children (under A MYTH?) 37
Missing Kidney 15 (2)
Pranksters Stab People with Needles claiming to infect with HIV 26 (under A NEW URBAN MYTH)
Preserved Bodies 15
Redemption Rumours 10
Staring Girl, The 47; 48
Stolen Key Robbery 15 (2)
Suicide-Murder (Man Shot While Jumping to Death) 26; 45
Suckling Frogs 30
Two-pound Coin Necklace 48

Cookie Thief see CONTEMPORARY LEGENDS
Corfu Folktales 16
Cottingley Fairies 34
Coucal Bird & Precious Herb 8
Counterspells 27
Counting Rhymes (Shepherds' Score) see RHYMES
Countryman, The: Articles from (under A NEGLECTED SOURCE) 47; (under ROOTS OF DANCE) 49
Couvade Jokes 41
Cow Skulls as Protectors 31
Coy Manairo (Rhyme) 35; 36
Cracow Legends 38
Crematorium Memorials (see also WAYSIDE SHRINES) 43; 44
Cricketing Legends see NELSON IN CRICKET
Crop Circles 33
Crosses in Bottles see WITCH BOTTLES
Crying Boy or Girl Paintings: Legends Concerning 36
Culture Heroines: Where are They? 50
Cumulative Rhymes see RHYMES
Cunning Folk 48
Cures & Counterspells 37 (under HAND, CROSS & HEART); (see also BUTCHER'S STRING: SHEEP'S SNOUT)
Curious Cones see WAYSIDE DECORATIONS & MEMORIALS
Curses:

The Carlisle Curse (Cursing Thieves) 46 (4); 47

Customs Newly Inaugurated 16; 17; 18 (2); 20
Cutties see HINKY-PUNKS
Cutting Babies' Hair 46; 47
Cutting Finger- & Toe-Nails 46
Czech Fertility Rites 17
Daisy, Daisy see POPULAR SONG REFRAINS
Dancing Bears 28; 29; 30; 35; 39
Danger at petrol Stations see INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS
Danger in Your Drink see INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS
Danger Lady: Newspaper Report of Disguised Man 19
Dangling Horses 50
Darkie Day (Padstow Custom) 29; 45; 46
Days of May 17; 18; 19
Dead Horse see under SEA & SEAFARERS
Déan, The, & the Necromancer see FOLKTALE TYPES
Death Omens see also APPLE BLOSSOM IN SEPTEMBER
Deptford Tales (1891-2) 10
Devil's Toenails (Fossils) 33
Dewsbury, Yorks: Wartime Recollections 27; 28
Diana, Princess of Wales: Floral Tributes for 32; 33
Displays on Graves 49 (3)
Ditchley Park Conference Resolution (1969) 3; 5
Do as I Do Games 40; 41
Dog Hanging (Wedding Custom) 31; 32; 33
Domestic Folklore: an Appeal for Archives 1; 22
Donkey Burial 9
Don't Care see SAYINGS
Doomsday see MILLENNIUM BELIEFS
Doreen Valiente (Obituary) see MODERN WITCHCRAFT REVIVAL
Dracula's Centenary 26
Dragon Boat Races, Shanghai 45
Dragon of Cracow: Legend 36 (see also CRACOW LEGENDS)
Dragonfly Folklore 3; 40
Drug-laced Tattoos 14; 15; 17; 18
Dunmow Flitch 46
Duchess of Portland, The 48; 49 (2)
'Dutch' in Folk Sayings & Slang 47 (under DUTCHMEN'S TROUSERS); 49; 50
Dwarf Throwing 20; 21; 23
Ear-rings & Fishermen 22; 23
Easter 22
eBay Transactions: 'Virgin Mary' Sandwich 45; 46
Effects of Moon 11; 20
Egg Lore 8
Electronic Suicides 25
Elephant Statuettes 39; 40 (4)
Elephants Supporting the World in Hindu Cosmology 21; 23
email Folklore:

Cats & Toast 32
email scams 38; 39
Feel Smart Yet? 32
My Spelling Chequer 34
Wonder Dog at Twin Towers 41

Embarassing Riddles 19; 20; 21
Emerging Customs see CUSTOMS NEWLY INAUGURATED
Empire Day (Great Britain) 43; 44
Endless Tales 27; 28; 29
English Folk Dress 7
English Folk Literature: Robin Hood; Cuckoo Song 8
Equestrian Statues (see also ARCHITECTS' TRAGEDIES) 37
Estimating the Age of Oral Narratives 43
Exam Lore (Written Examinations) 29; 30
Executions (Wapping) 9; 10
Exorcisation of Car see NUMBER 666
Exploding Toilet (Contemporary Legend) 30; 31
Fables 46 (under A MODERN FABLE)
Fairies 16
Fairy Craze: Media-led Fairylore 26; 27; 28 (under SOME PRESS UPDATES); 30
Fairy Lore in Contemporary Practice 40
Fairy Tale Mine, The (France) 38
Fakelore:

Smugglers 32

Family Legends 4
Fanny Fanackapan: Origin of Term 29; 30
Fat Man see under WHO IS THE FAT MAN?
Father Christmas (Santa Claus) 24; 28; 34; 42; 45 (under ST NICHOLAS IN BELGIUM);
Fearsome Foods 34
Female Sun Deities 9
Ferret Lore 9
Fire Festivals 23
First Female Presidents of Learned Societies: 36 (under NOT THE FIRST)
Flame Throwers at Twilight 41
Flax Harvest Customs 41
Flowers & Trees for the Troops see under WAYSIDE DECORATIONS, SHRINES & MEMORIALS
Flying Lizards 25
Foliate Heads see GREEN MAN & FOLIATE HEADS
Folk Cures for VD/Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 39; 40 (3)
Folk Memory 10
Folk Who Deflate Authority 11
Folkfiction 33
Folklore & Non-Folklore Demarcated 45
Folklorist: Origin of the Term 49
Folktale Europe: Map 4; 6
Folklore Society: 50th Anniversary: Review in Times (1928) 4
Folk-Song Tunes:

'Golier' & 'Goliard' 44

Folk-Tale Types: (see also TIME AND MOTION DISTORTION)

Déan, The & the Necromancer 42; 43; 47
Test of Women's Keeping Secrets 43 (under AN ILL KEPT SECRET)
Unique Survivor (under ONE ALONE SPARED) 43

Football 26
Footprints in Stone & the Like 46 (2); 47
French & Breton Folklore 33
French Undertakers see STITCHING THE NOSES OF THE DEAD
Friday & Friday the Thirteenth (including Other Weekdays) 10; 17; 19; 20; 21; 34; 35 (4); 36 (2); 37 (4); 39
Frogs (Blason populaire) 6; 7
Fruit Lore 16; 17
Fuel Crisis Legends & Rumours 33; 34
Funeral Cakes 26
Funeral Flowers 34; 35
Funeral Stockings 10
Gaping Against an Oven see PROVERBS ILLUSTRATED
Gazing Globes see WITCH-BALLS
Genealogical Curses (Family Traditions) 10
Gestures 26; 27
Ghost Laying 32 (under M. R. JAMES & A SUFFOLK GHOST)
Ghost Ship Legends: see LADY LOVIBUND
Ghost Stories: True & Unpublished 7
Ghost's Centenary Celebration (under SHOOTING A GHOST) 43
Ghosts Laid by Twelve Clergymen 50
Giants 21; 22 (under THOUGHTS ARISING)
Gibbeting see PUNISHMENTS
Gibson Tomb, Sutton, Surrey 10; 11
Glass Sticks & Spheres 50
Gloves & Fairs 10
Goats Kept with Cattle 48; 49
Going Round Robin Hood's Barn (ie Sent on a Wild Goose Chase) 33; 34
Gold Cups & Grails 37
Golier Mystery see FOLK SONG
Gossamer: Folk Explanations of 7
Graffiti 29;
Graffiti: Different Sources & Types of:

Handprints & Foot prints 31; 32; 36 (under HANDS & FEET); 37; 38
Lead Roofs 30
Love 29
Postal 9; 10
Windows 30
Workmen 31; 34

Grave Matters:

Dancing on Another's Grave 50
Displays on Graves 50
Grave Goods 21; 22
Wittgenstein's Grave & Shrine 35; 50

Green Cars 25
Green Goddesses (as Fire Engines) 38
Green Man & Foliate Heads (see also PUBLIC HOUSE NAMES) 8; 10; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28 (2 - 2nd under ERRORS); 29 (3); 30 (2); 37; 39; 42 (2)
Grieving Dogs see HACHI-KOH FESTIVAL
Grottoes see OYSTER DAY
Growing Stones 26; 27; 28 (5)
Guildford Ghost Story 15
Gullbrand Glesne see NORWEGIAN LEGENDS
Guy Fawkes 39
Hachi-Koh Festival (Grieving Dogs) 22
Hagstones 37
Hallaton Hare Pie 16
Hallowe'en: Generally: 21; 36; 37 (see under CORRECTIONS); 42

Egg Throwing 41; 42 (2)
Mischief Night 43
Reports & Press Cuttings 21;
Samhain Ghosts 19; 20
Trick or Treat 4; 6; 8; 10; 17; 18; 19

Hand of Glory 20; 21
Harps 16
Hawthorn Cults 28
Haxey Hood 41
Healing Hands 26
Hector Protector see RHYMES
Helmet of Hotspur 25
Herodotus & Legend 24
Hill Figures:
Alfriston 23
Cheriton Hill (Folkestone) 38
Devizes 31
Cerne Abbas Giant 23; 25 (3); 26; 28 (2); 46; 47 (2)
Kilburn (Vale of York) 38
Uffington 22; 23
Westbury (Wiltshire) 38
Wilmington Long Man 23; 24; 25; 28; 46
Hinky-Punks & Cutties 47; 48 (2)
Hobby Horses 46
Holed Stones & Holed Bones 41
Hollies on Hills (as Warnings) 40
Holy Grail 40 (2); 45 (2) (under THE SHUGBOROUGH MONUMENT);
Holy Wells 22 (under SOURCE REVIVED); 38
Hoodie Hoo Day (Contemporary US Custom) 40
Horse Bones in Disused Kilns 50
Horse Chestnuts (Conkers) (see also CONKERS CHAMPIONSHIPS) 15; 17; 18; 19
Horse Chestnuts (Game of Conkers): in France 30
Horse from the Sea 34; 35
Horsemen's Commands 38 (under GEEUP! & Variants); 39 (5); 40; 43
Hot Cross Buns 47
House Charms & Protection Rituals 23; 26; 50
Household Customs 1
Huddersfield Folktale Murals 43
Human Bodies Used for Fat & Glue 19
'I Do it Every Day': Sexual Prowess Jokes 25; 26; 27
'I Made You Look'; Vulgar Rhymes 31
Illustrating Folklore 6
Illwishing Expressions

Step-Mothers' Blessings 48

Images of Children's Games 4
Imbolc Fire Festival, Marsden (Yorkshire) 43
Incantations & Fortune-telling (1857) 15
Indelicate Folklore (see also VULGAR RHYMES) 32; 33
Ineradicability of Popular Beliefs 16; 17; 18
Initiation Rituals see UNWELCOME CUSTOMS
Inkybud the Feather Blower (Snowflakes) 41
Inky-Plush - A Bugbear? 28
International Nursery-tale Congress (1891) Review 10
International Traditional Humour Conference (1989) Report 8
Internet & Folklore Matters 44

Internet Communications and Warnings

Car-Jacking Scam 44
Danger at Petrol Stations 43; 44
Danger in Your Drink 43

Italian Tip-Cat see TIP CAT
Jack & Jill (Nursery Rhyme): Supposed Setting & Restoration 29
Jack Frost 20
Jack in the Green 42
Jack O' Legs see LOCAL LEGENDS & SIGNBOARDS
Jack the Treacle Eater (Yeovil, Somerset) 47
Jack Valentine (see also ST VALENTINE'S DAY CUSTOMS) 44; 45 (2)
Jamaican Folk Music 7
James VI & I as a Changeling 50
Jesus's Middle Initial 47
Jingles 45
Jocular Tales (see also FOLKTALE TYPES)

Misfortune under Drunkenness 43 (under SHE FELL OFF THE PILLION)
Owl Catching 45

Journal of Occult History & Literature (Semi-annual) 28
JSTOR (Availability for FLS Members) 49 (2)
Jubilee Congress 1928 (FLS): Review of 9
Kensington Public Library Folklore Collection 45; 46
Key in a Fish see RING IN A FISH
Keys

As a Code for Solicitation 43 (2)
Under the Pillow (as Amulets) 42
Unlucky on the Table 42

Killing White Animals 41
Kneading Bread Customs 44
Knutsford Royal May Day (see also MAY DAY) 38
Labour in Vain see PUBLIC HOUSE NAMES
Labour Pains see COUVADE
Ladder Superstitions 17; 18
Lady Lovibund: Ghost Ship Legend 27; 28
La Mandragore (French Journal) Oral Folkore Generally 27
Lancashire Rushbearing see RUSHBEARING
Lancashire Witches see WITCHES 30
Leap Year - Ladies' Law 44
Lonkin, Lonkin's Hall, Long Lonkin see ARCHITECTS &c
Leatherholies 4
Legend & Landscape 8
Legends: Classical Definition: (see also CONTEMPORARY LEGENDS)

Abdul & the Giants 48

Legends into Literature 35
Lifting at Easter 13; 15
Lilith 36
Lincolnshire Ague Xharm 49
Lincolnshire Death Birds 17
Literary Adaptations of Fabliaux 29
Liver Birds (Liverpool) see VIRGIN IMPACT
Living Spring: email Journal, University of Bath 31
Lobby Lud 31; 32; 35; 36; 37
Local Legends & Signboards 28; 29 (under VILLAGE SIGNS); 31 (Suffolk)
(see also NORFOLK VILLAGE SIGNS & FOLKLORE)
Longevity as Punishment 35
Lovett's Charms (ie Amulets & Talismans) 34
Lost Tooth as Symbol of Rebirth 19
Luck Charms &c: Patent Applied For (1909) 12
Lynx-Eyed 22
Mabbut's Tuesday (Strawberry-Picking Time): Explanation Wanted 33
Making & Breaking Friends 44
Magic Objects in Buildings 31; 32 (see also ARCHæOLOGY OF FOLK MAGIC)
Magic Shirt 15
Magpies 11
Magpies & Witches 31; 33; 34
Making & Breaking Friends 44
Marbles: Game of 46
Marching Rhymes & Chants see RHYMES
Marriage Rhymes see RHYMES
Mary Magdalen's Children 50
Mary's Resting Place (Mary Had a Little Lamb ) 19
Masks 7
Master Manole see ARCHITECTS &c
May Day (Miscellaneous Entries) 17; 21; 22; 23; 24; 42
May Day in the USA 40
May Queens 34
May Day Songs 42
Mayor of Ock Street (Abingdon, Oxon.) 35; 36; 47
Maypoles (see also BARWICK-IN-ELMET) 18; 19; 20; 21; 23; 46
(under eMAIL ADDRESSES); 36
Mazes & Labyrinths 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 30
Memorial Verses 23
Men in Black & Paranormal Events: US Counterculture 8
Mermaids as 19thC Contemporary Legend 5
Meteor Beliefs 41; 49
Meteorological Phenomena 41
Mice & Rat Folklore 3
Michaelis-Jena, Ruth: Obituary 11
Midsummer Tree 50
Mighty Blows (eg Knocking Out Teeth) 25
Milk Teeth, Mice & Frogs see TOOTH FAIRIES
Millennium Beliefs 24
Minehead Hobby Horse 7; 9; 24; 28
Miners' Tales 14
Miracle Legends: Santo Domingo de la Calzada (Portugal) 25; 26
Mirrors Attracting Lightning 28; 29
Mischief Night see HALLOWE'EN
Missing Folk Tale Motifs 23
Mistletoe & Christmas 26
Mock Weddings 5; 13
Modern Alchemy (Silver Xerox-Lore) 18
Modern Exempla 25; 26; 27; 28
Modern Witchcraft Revival (see OBITUARIES)
Money Slang 24; 25; 26
Money Spiders (see also SPIDER LORE) 43; 44
Monkey Brains (as Food) 30; 31; 32
Moon: Effects of 11
Moonrakers' Festival (Slatterthwait, Yorks) 43; 47
Morris Dancing (Miscellaneous Entries) 10; 11; 18; 20; 21
Mother Die (Wild Flowers) see PLANT FOLKLORE
Mothering Sunday Customs 26
Moving Statues (see also VIRGIN IMPACT) 44; 45 (6); 46
Mummers in Ireland (see also CORRECTIONS 49) 47; 48
Mummified Cats 28; 48; 49
Munchausen Stories (1865) 17
Muzzling Bulls (under HITTITE BELIEFS) 28
Mystery Scene, A: Unidentified Photograph

Ancient Order of Foresters? 36
Oak Apple Day? 35
Riding the Marches? 36; 37 (under CORRECTIONS);

Mythological Names of Metals 44
Names of Drinks (Alcoholic) 34
Near-Eastern Underworld Goddesses (British Museum) 43 (under BABYLONIAN RELIEF); 44 (3); 45; 46; 48
Nelson in Cricket 36; 37 (2)
Nelson Memorials in Foundations see BUILDING CUSTOMS
Nettles (Urtica): Folklore & Customs Concerning see PLANT FOLKLORE
New Year Customs 16
New Year Guizers, Belgium & Switzerland 19
Newspapers and Folklore Contributions (under A PRESS CUTTING) 43; 44 (under VICTORIAN JOURNALISTS);
Norfolk Village Signs & Folklore 30; 31
Norwegian Legends (Gullbrand Glesne) 25
Number 666: 17; 18; 19; 20; 27 (2); 28 (2 - see Press Updates); 30; 38; 47; 50
Numskull Tales 23 (under THROTTLED GEESE);
Nursery Folklore 29; 30
Nursery-Rhymes: Pseudo-Historical or Real-life Origins of, see RHYMES
Nursery Rhymes Re-Worded See RHYMES
Nutting Bag (Besting the Devil Tale) 27
Oak Apple Day 14; 15
Obituaries:

Gordon Ashman 41
Hilda Ellis Davidson 49
Stewart Farrar (Editorial Comment) 31
Hamish Henderson 37
Roy Judge 33
Brian McConnell 44
Ruth Michaelis-Jena 1905-1989 11
Doreen Valiente 1922-1999 (Modern Witchcraft) 31
Cecil Williamson 1909-1999 (Modern Witchcraft) 31

Old Care & Thomas Love Peacock 5; 6; 13
Old Mother Shipton 5
Oldham Wakes (Lancs) (1819) 6
One Alone Spared see FOLKTALE TYPES
Open Door Responses 17
Oral Narratives: Estimating their Age 43
Owl Catching see JOCULAR TALES
Oyster Day (London) (1851) & Grottoes Generally 12; 13; 21; 41; 49; 50
Pace-egging Plays 47
Padstow (Cornwall) see DARKIE DAY
Pagan Revival (under LELAND'S Aradia) 35
Pagan Votive Offerings 22; 23
Paganism & White Witchcraft 22; 23
Pancake Day Skipping, Notts. 33
Parodies & Jocular Verse see CAMP FIRE GIRLS & SONGS
Paternosters and Vervain 44
Patron Saint for Magicians 39
Penguins: Toppling 34; 35
People's Year, The: Proposed Centre for 36
Perks, Cuts & Vails 6; 7
Philatelic (Postage Stamp) Folklore 4; 5; 6; 15
Photocopy-, eMAIL- & Fax-Lore 19 (see also CHAIN LETTERS)
Planning Bans on Folklore Sites
Fairies' Rock, St Fillans 48
Reykjavik (under FAIRIES' ROCK) 48
Plant Folk Lore 7 (under MOTHER DIE); 29; 31 (under NETTLE IN THE NURSERY);
Playground Games 34
Plough Monday 25; 43
Politics & Custom (Oldham Wakes,Lancs) (1819) 6
Popular Beliefs of the 17th Century 42
Popular Song Refrains
'Daisy, Daisy' 44; 45 (2)
Postal Graffiti (on Letters) 6; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13
Press Cutting from Australia see NEWSPAPERS & FOLKLORE CONTRIBUTORS
Prison Rituals 21
Prison Shrine (see also WAYSIDE SHRINES) 27
Prophetic Crossword (Relating to September 11th 2001) 36
Protection from Hag-Riding 36; 37
Proverbs Illustrated
Gaping Against an Oven 44
Public House Signs 20; 41; 42 (3); 43 (3)
Public House Signs: The Green Man 25
Pudding Dolls: Pie Puppy Dogs 20; 21
Punch & Judy 27; (under SOME PRESS UPDATES) 28; 33 as Punch in Liverpool, Codman Family; 35 (2); 43; 48
Punishments: Gibbeting 29; 30
Queen Rat (Venus Cloacina ?) 21; 22; 24
Rabbits at Sea 50
Rabbits in Folklore (Rabbits Deleted) 39; 48; 49 (2) (see also RABBITS OR WHITE RABBITS)
Rabbits or White Rabbits (On First of Month) 26; 27; 28; 29
Ragwort 30
Raining Cats & Dogs 13
Raining Frogs & Fish 7
Randling, Cobbing & Tightening (Traditional Punishments) see CUMULATIVE RHYMES
Ratcatcher of Beccles, The 47
Redemption Rumours 8; 10; 11; 18
Research Methods: The Hooden Horse 30
Rheumatism Cures 15
Rhymes:

Individual Rhymes

Amy Johnson Rhyme 23
Consider, Old Cow 19; 20
Hector Protector 46
Sonia Snell 29; 30

Children's Rhymes (under TELETUBBY TRAGEDY) 29; 33 (3)
Clapping Rhymes 24
Counting Rhymes & Shepherds' Score 20; 21; 22 (under THOUGHTS ARISING); 23
Cumulative 42 (under Randling, Cobbing & Tightening (Traditional Punishments)); 47; 48 (2); 49 (2)
Marching & Chanting Rhymes 33; 34; 35
Marriage Rhymes 26

Nursery Rhymes:

Pseudo-Historical or Real-life Origins of Nursery Rhymes 34 (under ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH; 38 (under 'DON'T CARE!'); 39 (under 'DON'T CARE!');

Nursery Rhymes Re-Worded 15; 16

Tongue-twisting Number Rhymes 3
Vulgar Rhymes 31; 32

Ribbons (as Indicators of Allegiance) 22; 23; 24; 25
Riding the Stang see CHARIVARI
Ring in the Fish (Polycrates Legend?) 22; 23; 24; 28
Ripon Horn 44
Road Ghosts 39; 40 (2); 41
Robber Tale (Ali Baba?) (1827) 22
Robin Goodfellow Woodcut 11; 19
Robin Hood Legends & Ballads 39
Robin Hood's Haunts 45
Romney Marsh Scarecrow 4
Rose Queens 9
Round the Mulberry Bush 34
Rough Music see CHARIVARI
Round Table at Windsor Castle 50
Runes, Genuine 8 (under SEEN IN SHOPS)
Rushbearing & Rushcarts 15; 36; 37; 38; 39; 41; 42 (2); 45; 48
Sage & Pupil Relationships 40
Saints

St Cuthbert's Beads (Fossil Crinoids) 35
St Farmin 28
St George & Horses 34; 35; 37
St George's Day 26; 33 (2); 41 (2); 43; 44
St Helen's Well (Barnsley, Yorks.) 35
St Nicholas (as a Sailors' Saint) 47; 48 (2)
St Nicholas see FATHER CHRISTMAS
St Valentine's Day Traditions & Customs 6; 14; 16; 23; 24; 25; 26; 42;
(see also JACK VALENTINE)

Salisbury Snakecharmer, The 46; 47
Sandman, The 37; 39
Santa Claus see FATHER CHRISTMAS
Santo Domingo de la Calzada (Portugal: Cock Legend) 25; 26; 29
Satanic Murders 38
Saturday Flit 25
Sayings

Don't Care 45; 46 (6)

Science: Folklore & 2
Scissors Against Rain Storms: Australian Weather Beliefs 27
Scroggling the Holly (Yorks) 31; 32; 42
Sculptors' Tragedies see ARCHITECTS' TRAGEDIES
Sea & Seafarers' & Fishermen's Beliefs & Customs 11; 12; 15; 19; 20; 21; 23; 24; 25; 26;
27 (2); 29; 30; 31 (Drowning); 34 (under ROUNDING THE HORN & DEAD HORSE);
35; 41 (2); 42 (under ROUNDING THE HORN); 44 (under ROUNDING THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE);
47 (under CROSSING THE LINE);
(see also COINS IN SHIP'S TIMBERS)
Sectarian Libels 9; 10; 11; 16; 25
Seventh Sons 26
Sexing the Unborn 29; 30; 31
Sharks 20
She Fell Off the Pillion see JOCULAR TALES
Sheela-na-gig 46; 47
Sheep's Snout as Cure 31
Shepherds' Scores see RHYMES
Shetland Customs 40 (under STRAW MEN); 41 (under CHRiSTMAS & WEDDING CUSTOMS);
Shoe Beliefs & Customs

Greece 43
Shoes Thrown into Trees 44
Shoe Trees 47

Shooting a Ghost see GHOST'S CENTENARY
Shrovetide Football 45
Signing Bread & Malt With a Cross 44; 45
Silly Season Tales: Stamp-licking Cats 6
Silver Coins & Tongue-Slitting 27; 28
Sister Churches 15; 16
Smugglers' Fakelore 27 (under LADY LOVIBUND); 28; 29; 42
Snakecharmers see SALISBURY SNAKECHARMER
Sneezing Formulæ 26; 27; 28; 29
Snowflakes see also INKYBUD
Sonia Snell (Song): Words of Wanted 29; 30
Soul as Butterfly or Moth 15
Speed Demons 28
Spider Lore 41 (under SWALLOWING SPIDERS); 44
Spindle Whorls as Amulets 19
Spinsters in Leap Year (see also LADIES' LAW) 22
Sprog-Bashing Day (Friday 13th) 10
Stang Riding see CHARIVARI
Starlings as Souls 35
Step-Mothers' Blessings & Blossoms

as Agnail or Whitlow 48
as Grog-Blossom' for Nose 50
as Cow Parsley ('Mother-Die') 49
as Plant 'Blast' = 'Blow' of Blossom 50

Sticks, Crooks & Poles 21
Stitching the Noses of the Dead 23; 24
Stolen Organs see CANNIBALS & STOLEN ORGANS
Stone Men (Yorks-Westmorland) 11; 12
Stonehenge 23; 24; 25 (under CORRECTIONS); 32; 38
Storks & Babies 17; 18; 19; 20
Straw Bears & Straw Men (Disguise) 37 (under STRAW BEARS); 39; 40; 41 (under CHRISTMAS & WEDDING CUSTOMS)
(see also DANCING BEARS)
Street Games (Seasonal) 22
Subjective Time Tales (under THE DéAN & THE NECROMANCER)
Suckling Frogs (Contemporary Legend?) 30
Suicidal Architects see ARCHITECTS' TRAGEDIES
Sugared Almonds at Weddings 12; 13; 14; 22; 24; 25
Subjective Time Tales: 42 (under THE DéAN AND THE NECROMANCER); 43; 44
Suggestions for Folklore Collectors (1914) 5
Sunken Churches 26
Superstitions

Generally 27 (under PLUS ÇA CHANGE); 32; 34; 35; 39; 42 (3); 50
The Third Cigarette 43

Sussex Curse, A (Witchbottle Variant) 30
Swallowing Spiders (see SPIDER LORE)
Swimming a Witch (1825 & 1863) 21; 25; 26

Tale Motif Index (Thompson)
Loss of Magic Strength by Smoking (under TOBACCO & SABAI GRASS) 46
Ruler Diverts Attention from Misgovernment by beginning a war 46

Tale Types ATU 403 & ATU 480 9
Tales Re-told (under IN THE BELLY) 29
Teeth: Superstitions & Customs Regarding 29
Teething Necklaces 35
Telling Right from Left 48; 49
Templars at Hertford Castle 46
Tending Graves 36
Terrorist Myths & Legends & Rumours 36; 37; 38
(see also PROPHETIC CROSSWORD PUZZLES)
Thanksgiving Turkey (USA) 42
Thimbles & Black Magic 29
The Third Cigarette see SUPERSTITIONS
Thomasing (Luck Visit) 19
Thirteen (th) & Unlucky Thirteen (th) see FRIDAY & FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
Thirteen O'Clock 45
Three Princes of Serendip 10
Three Wise Monkeys 28
Throttled Geese see NUMSKULL TALES
Thyme & Ageing 15
Tiger's Whiskers (as a Murder Weapon) 26
Time & Motion Distortion (see also THE DéAN & THE NECROMANCER) 44; 45
Tip Cat (in Italy) 43; 44
Tobacco & Sabai Grass see TALE MOTIF INDEX
Tom Tit Tot (a Contemporary Telling) 24
Tom Hickathrift 30; 32; 38
Tongue-Ties & Silver Coins 27; 28 (see also SILVER COINS & TONGUE-SLITTING)
Tongue-twisting Number Rhymes see RHYMES
Tongueless Boar's Head (St Martin's Day Custom) 21
Toothache Charm 26
Tooth Fairies 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 27; 28 (see Press Updates); 43; 44; 50
Topping Out, Roof-Raising & Spire-Blessing 6; 7; 8; 11; 17; 47; 50 (see under BURIED NELSON MEMORIALS)
Touching Mummies for Luck 38
Touching & Rubbing Statues for Luck 19; 20; 25; 26; 27; 28; 36; 37; 38; 39; 41 (2);
Tongueless Head 21
Treacle Mines 18; 19; 20; 21 (under THOUGHTS ARISING); 22; 25; 26; 27; 36;
37 (under CORRECTIONS); 47
Tree Dressing Day 20
Trees see COINS IN TREES
Trick or Treat: Child Believed a Ghost & Injured 19
Tunnels & Plague-Pits; Secret Tunnels 16; 17; 18; 19; 24; 25; 26
Turnips 18
Tuswball/Tisty-Tosty-Ball (under CHILDREN'S RHYMES) 33; 34
Uffington White Cat (or Horse?) 22
Umbrells & Gays 34
Unlucky Green 26
Unlucky Wedding Times 36
Unwelcome Customs, Naval & Otherwise 24; 25
Urban Myths or Legends see CONTEMPORARY LEGENDS
Valentines see ST VALENTINE'S DAY CUSTOMS
Vampiric Murders 38
Vanishing Hitch-hikers 28
Vervain see PATERNOSTERS & VERVAIN
Victorian Journalists see NEWSPAPERS & FOLKLORE CONTRIBUTORS
Village Signs & Folklore 31 (2); 32; 34; 38
Virgin Impact: Physical Effects 32; 33; 34; 35; 46; 47 (under LAWYER'S IMPACT)
(see also ARCHITECTS' TRAGEDIES) (see also MOVING STATUES)
Virgin Mary Sandwich see eBAY TRANSACTIONS
Virgins' Garlands 43 (2); 44 (under WEDDING ATTIRE AT FUNERALS); 45
Vulgar Rhymes see RHYMES Wakes & Politics (Oldham Lancs) 6
Walled-Up Offerings (see also BUILDING CUSTOMS &c)

Images 48
Spoons 47; 48

Waltzing Matilda 12; 13
War to Divert Attention see TALE MOTIF INDEX
Wayside Decorations, Shrines & Memorials 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22 (under THOUGHTS ARISING);
25; 26; 27 (USA); 28; 29; 30 (under CURIOUS CONES); 41 (2) (second entry under FLOWERS & TREES FOR THE TROOPS); 43; 45 (see also PRISON SHRINE & NORFOLK VILLAGE SIGNS)
Weather Beliefs see SCISSORS AGAINST RAIN
Websites (of Folklore Interest) 38; 40
Wedding Customs (see also CHRISTMAS & WEDDING CUSTOMS) 24; 41
Well-Dressing 22; 48
Wellerisms 34
Werewolves: Anubis as Prototype 35; 46
Wessex Society, The (Journal) 38
Whim-Whams & All That 50
Whitby Snakestones 40; 41 (2);
White Animals see KILLING WHITE ANIMALS
White-Livered 45; 45; 49
Who is the Fat Man (Buddha Figure?) 40; 41 (under FAT MAN)
Wicca & Wiccans

Wiccan Memories (ie References in FLS News) 32 (see also OBITUARIES)
Wiccans & the US Army 50

Wife-Swapping 17
Will-o-the-Wisp: Folk Explanations of 7
Wilmington Long Man 46
Wishing Tree (St Leonard's-on -Sea, Sussex) 36
Witch Bottles & Crosses in Bottles 29; 33; 34; 35; 37; 41; 43; 44; 48
Witch-Balls & Gazing Globes 35; 36
Witch of Scrapfaggot Green: Witch Stone at Great Leighs, Essex 16; 17; 19; 20; 22; 24; 26
Witches & Pagans 22; 28
Witchcraft: The Robbins Lecture 1964 & Gerald Gardner 15; 16; 17; 18
Witchcraft & Syphilis 39; 42
Witch-hunts and Cold Weather 45
Witches

Lancashire Witches 30
The Witch of Haramont (France) 43
Witches in Tyrol Taxed 27; 28 (under PRESS UPDATES)

Wittgenstein's Grave & Shrine (Cambridge) see GRAVE MATTERS
Woman's Left Heel Belief 5
Wonder Dog at Twin Towers see under eMAIL FOLKLORE
Xerox-Lore see PHOTOCOPY-, FAX- & e-MAIL-LORE
Yew Trees & Yews in Churchyards 12; 13; 15; 31
Zone-Pressure Therapy 26