Biggar, “Burning out the Old Year” at ix. 165

Bikol, in Luzon, demon exorcized by beating in, ix. 260

Bilaspur or Bilaspore, twirling spindles forbidden in, while men are in council, i. 114;

way of stopping rain in, i. 253 sq.;

iron as an amulet in, iii. 234 sq.;

women's hair unknotted at childbirth in, iii. 298;

temporary rajah in, iv. 154;

infant burial in, v. 94 sq.;

annual festival of the dead in, vi. 60;

new-born children placed in winnowing-fans in, vii. 6 sq.;