Aspidium filix mas, the male fern, superstitions as to, ii. [66] sq.

Ass, child passed under an, as a cure for whooping-cough, ii. [192] n. 1

Assam, the Khasis of, ii. [146];

the Lushais of, [185] sq.

Assiga, tribe of South Nigeria, ii. [204]

Associations, religious, among the Indian tribes of North America, ii. [267] sqq.

Assyrian ritual, use of golden axe in, ii. [80] n. 3

Aston, W. G., quoted, i. 137 sq.;

on the fire-walk in Japan, ii. [10] n. 1

Astral spirit of a witch, i. 317