Pardon asked of tree at cutting it down, ii. 18, 19;

of animal asked before killing it, viii. 183

Paremêsvara Bhûminâtha (title of frog), prayer for rain to, i. 295, 295 n. 1

Parents of twins believed to possess power of fertilizing plantain-trees, ii. 102;

named after their children, iii. 331 sqq., 339

Parents-in-law, their names not to be pronounced, iii. 338, 339, 340, 341, 342

Parian chronicler, on the antiquity of the Eleusinian mysteries and games, vii. 70

Parigi, in Central Celebes, treatment of the afterbirth in, i. 188

Parilia, the, Roman festival of shepherds, ii. 123, 229, 273, 325 sqq.;

the shepherd's prayer at, ii. 123, 327;