Rowan tree, a protection against witches, ii. 53, 54, ix. 267, x. 154, 327 n. 1, xi. 184 n. 4, 185;
cattle beaten with branches of, on May Day, ix. 266 sq.;
hoop of, sheep passed through a, x. 184.
See also [Mountain-ash]
Rowmore, Garelochhead, vii. 158 n. 1
Roxburgh in Queensland, rain-making at, i. 255
Royal blood not to be shed on the ground, iii. 241 sqq.
—— disease, jaundice called the, i. 371 n. 1
—— families, two, supplying a king alternately, in the Matse tribe of Togoland, ii. 293;
animals sacred to, iv. 82