Beal-fires on Midsummer Eve in Yorkshire, x. 198

Bealltaine, May Day, iii. 11.

See [Beltane]

Bean, sprouting of, in superstitious ceremony, i. 266;

the budding of a, as an omen, ii. 344

——, King of the, ix. 313 sq., x. 153 n. 1;

Queen of the, ix. 313, 315

—— clan among the Baganda, ix. 27

—— -cock at harvest, vii. 276

—— -goat among the beans, vii. 282