America, North:

survival of sacrifice in, [8];

treading on threshold in, [13];

coffin passed out window of house in, [25];

window opened and door closed at death in, [25];

nailing horseshoes on side-posts of doorway in, [73] f.;

symbol of open hands in museums of, [79];

red hand among aborigines of, [83] f., [93];

laying of corner-stones in, [147];

survival of primitive sacredness of threshold in, [147];