Lambeth pedlar legend, [20]
Lancashire evidence, [20], [162], [191], [289], [324]
lands, surrender of, to sons, [70-2]
Lang (A.), quoted, [7], [116], [131], [132], [153], [225], [226], [236], [253], [254], [255], [263], [265], [271], [272], [273], [275], [339]
Lapps as sorcerers, [349]
Lappenberg (J. M.), quoted, [113]
Latham (Dr.), quoted, [214], [215-16], [241]
Lauder, [354]
Law, traditional origin of, [84-100], [196], [328]
left and right superstition, [166]
legend, [124], [127], [129], [151-2]
legislation, primitive, [213], [273]
Leicestershire evidence, [198]
Lincolnshire evidence, [30], [162], [350-2]
Litlington tradition, [43]
local traditions, [13-33]
locality influence of, [219], [344]
Lockyer (Sir Norman), quoted, [107]
logic of primitive man, [140]
London Bridge legends, [13-33]
Lud, Celtic god, [105]
Lundinium (Roman), [24], [25], [105]
Mabinogion creation myth, [136]
MacCulloch (Mr.), quoted, [47], [82], [123], [173], [239], [313], [338]
Maine (Sir Henry), quoted, [85], [87], [117], [226], [235]
male descent, [269], [270]
male groups, [225], [239]
manorial evidence, [94-96], [305]
manumission formula, [92]
Manx custom, [160], [162]
Maori myths, [143], [144]
marriage ceremony, [90-91], [162]
marriage customs in folk-tales, [65]
materials and methods, [123-79]
McLennan (J. F.), quoted, [61], [65], [225], [293]
midsummer festivals, [328]
migratory movements of man, [214-17], [221], [222], [223], [224], [237], [251], [264], [266]
monogenists, [213]
Morgan (L. H.), quoted, [225], [275]
mother influence in totemism, [257], [267]
mother kinship, [231]
Moytura monuments, [101], [102]
Murray (Dr.), quoted, [98]
myth, [127], [129], [130-48]
mythology, [9], [100-10], [128], [146-8], [303]
names (totem), origin of, [260]
natural objects, interpretation of, [193]
neglect of observation, [231]
neolithic burial custom, [339]
New Guinea evidence, [345]
New Zealand myths, [131], [132-3], [190], [217], [346]
Nicholson (Dr.), quoted, [172], [173]
Nod, Celtic god, [105]
Nonconformist appeal to church, [200]
Norfolk evidence, [14-19], [42], [163]
Norse custom, [174], [175]
Norse tradition, [22-23], [32]
Northamptonshire evidence, [198], [288]
Northumberland evidence, [162], [324], [325]
Notes and Queries, quoted, [6]
Nottinghamshire evidence, [96], [162]
nursery rhymes, growth of, [13]
Nutt (A.), quoted, 6, [222], [339]
oath-taking customs, [200]
O'Curry (Eugene), quoted, [113]
offertory money, [197]
oral tradition, force of, [87], [125]
outlawry, [311]
oxen, slaughter of, [329]
palæolithic implements, [217], [218]
Palgrave (Sir F.), quoted, [88], [113]
parallel practices as evidence of common origin, [109], [171-6], [227]
pastoral stage of society, [220], [358]
Pearson (Dr. Karl), quoted, [47], [78], [201]
Pearson (C. H.), quoted, [115]
Pedlar of Swaffham legend, [14-19]
personal traditions, [33-46]
Petrie (Flinders), quoted, [222]
Pictish marriage custom, [344]
political races, [209], [219], [221]
polygenists, [213]
pottery, [218]
Powell (York), quoted, [3], [8], [104]
practice and rule, [227]
pre-Celtic remains, [101], [118-20], [209], [275], [318], [350]
priest's grave superstition, [199]
priests of old religion regarded as magicians, [200]
promiscuity, [224]
Protestants appeal to Roman Catholicism, [200]
psychological conditions, [180-207]
purpose of custom, [159]
pygmy peoples, [238], [241-5], [248], [348]
Ramsay (Sir James), quoted, [115]
record of custom, [156], [165]
religion and folklore, [140]
religion and myth, [138]
religion and science, [138-9], [206]
result in custom, [159]
retrogression in human society, [249]
Rhodopis tradition, [53]
rhyming tenures, [94-95]
Rhys (Sir John), quoted, [29], [33], [34], [105], [114], [115], [161], [163], [209], [342], [345], [350]
Ridgeway (Prof.), quoted, [308]
right and left superstition, [166]
rites explained by myth, [146]
Rivers (Dr. W. H. R.), quoted, [150], [174], [229]
Robertson-Smith (W.), quoted, [147], [174], [282], [303], [304]
Rollright stones, [209]
Roman Britain, [25], [30], [105], [360-2]
romances, [124]
Rome, ancient customs of, [26], [34], [151], [332], [349]
sacrifice (human), [174-6]
savage customs in Britain, [112-16]
savage incidents in folk-tales, [78-82]
Scandinavian custom, [71], [223], [323], [328]
Scarborough warning, [93-94]
science, primitive, [130], [131]
Scottish evidence, [20], [48], [49], [50], [56], [65], [67-78], [92], [149], [162], [181], [182], [198], [288], [289], [290]
seal totem in Connaught, [280-2]
Semangs of Malay peninsula, [218], [242-5], [267], [269], [270], [278], [297-302], [348]
sermon quoted, [189]
sex cleavage in human evolution, [251], [260]
Shrewsbury Abbey Church, tradition, [43]
Shropshire evidence, [43], [95], [162], [292]
Sids, Irish, [341]
Skene (W. F.), quoted, [114], [115], [344]
sky-god, [106]
Slavonian tradition, [54]
snake stones of Whitby, [194]
sociological conditions, [303-19]
Somersetshire evidence, [45], [95], [162], [205]
soul resident in backbone, [189], [190]
Southampton custom, [96]
specialisation of culture, [227], [233], [364]
Spencer (Herbert), quoted, [117], [214]
Spencer and Gillen, quoted, [143], [265]
Spenser (Edmund), quoted, [4], [11], [177]
Squire (Mr.), quoted, [33], [34], [101-3], [117]
stationary conditions of life, [223], [224]
state religion, [103-5]
Stevenson (W. H.), quoted, [5]
Stewart (J. A.), quoted, [145]
stone circles, [107], [193], [194]
Stonehenge, [107], [209]
Suffolk evidence, [161], [162], [192]
Sullivan (W. R.), quoted, [113], [120]
Surrey evidence, [20], [162]
survivals, [154-5], [319], [336]
Sussex evidence, [41], [162]
tappie, tappie, tousie, [92]
telling tales, [149]
Teutonic religion, [104]
Teutonic tribes, [310]
Thomas (N. W.), quoted, [214], [226], [232], [236], [265]
threshold custom, [159], [334]
toad in witchcraft, [203]
Todas, loss of myth by, [150]
totemism, [209-10], [252], [253-61], [274-96]
transfer of superstition to different objects, [163], [325]
treasure legends, [13-24], [30]
trees, marriage of, India, [258]
tribal life in tradition, [51-59], [103-5]
tribal institutions, [307-18], [356], [364]
tribe, the term, [234], [308]
Tuatha de Danann, [101]
Turner (Sharon), quoted, [113]
Tylor (E. B.), quoted, [9], [133], [154], [200], [233], [239]
Upsall, Yorks, legend from, [19]