their rule as to partaking of flesh and milk, viii. 84
Watchandie woman, in Australia, her fear of naming the dead, iii. 350
Watchdogs, charm to silence, i. 149
Water not to be touched by people at home in absence of hunters, i. 120;
splashed by wife in absence of her husband, i. 120 sq.;
sprinkled as rain-charm, i. 248 sqq.;
poured on graves as a rain-charm, i. 268, 286;
puppet representing the tree-spirit thrown into, ii. 75, 76;
serpent or dragon of, ii. 155 sqq.;
conspicuous part played by, in the Midsummer festival, ii. 273, v. 246 sqq., x. 172, 205 sq., 216, xi. 26 sqq.;