Biyârs, the, of North-Western India, their ceremony of “burning the old year,” ix. 230 n. 7
Bizya (modern Viza), capital of old Thracian kings, vii. 26, 30
Black, Dr. J. Sutherland, on the burning of Winter at Zurich, iv. 260 sq.
Black animals in rain-charms, i. 250, 290 sqq., ii. 367;
as scapegoats, ix. 190, 192, 193
—— bull sacrificed to the dead, iv. 95
—— cats, witches turn into, ii. 334
—— colour in magic, i. 83;
in rain-making ceremonies, i. 269 sq., iii. 154
—— Corrie of Ben Breck, the giant of, in an Argyleshire tale, xi. 129 sq.