Folk lore
James Napier
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  • Names of Places connected with Fire Worship, [164]
    • with Sun Worship, [172]
  • Natural Phenomena ascribed to Divinities, [9]
  • New Year's Day, an Ancient Roman Festival, [151]
    • Observances, [159]
    • Festival, [154]
  • New Moon, Prognostics, [98]
  • New Zealand Divining, [108]
  • Oak, a Sacred Tree, [131]
  • Oaths to Satan, [88]
  • O'Brien on Beltane, [165]
  • Observances at Loch Tay on Hallowe'en, [178]
    • at Yule, [156]
  • Odd Numbers Lucky, [109]
  • Old Religions mixing with Christianity, [179]
  • Omens connected with Bees, [115]
    • with Magpies, [115]
  • Onion, a Disinfectant, [127]
  • Origin of Hallowe'en, [177]
    • of All Souls, [177]
  • Overturning Chair on Leaving Table, [138]
  • Pales, Goddess of Flocks, [166]
  • Palilia, Ancient Festival, [166]
  • Pennant's Account of Beltane in the Highlands, [169]
  • People Selling themselves to the Devil, [27]
  • Person first met in the Morning, [136]
  • Peruvian Ancient Sun Worship, [146]
  • Phoenicians in Britain 1000 B.C., [148]
  • Photographs not Lucky, [142]
  • Place at Dinner, [138]
  • Plants Gathered on St. John's Eve, [174]
  • Plough first seen in Season, [136]
  • Portends for Good or Evil, [136]
  • Prayers Unanswered, Cause not Sought, [14]
    • said Backwards, [134]
  • Prayers to the Gods, [13]
  • Precious Stones: their Virtue, [102]
  • Preparations made for Yule, [156]
  • Priests, their Office and Power, [9]
  • Professor Veitch on Beltane, [162]
  • Providence—General and Special, [18]
  • Purgatory, Proof for, [172]
  • Recovering Stolen Babies, [40]
  • Red Colour a Charm, [80]
  • Relics in Curing Diseases, [102]
  • Repeal of Law against Witchcraft, [68]
  • Ringing Bells at Funerals, [66]
  • Robin Redbreast, [111]
  • Rocking an Empty Cradle, [137]
  • Rood Day Changed to Beltane, [162]
  • Roman Festivals in Spring, [166]
    • Marriage Customs, [45]
  • Rose, an Emblem of Silence, [129]
  • Running the Broose, [49]
  • Rowan Tree Protection against Witchcraft, [79]
  • Sacred Fire Practice this Century, [83]
  • Salamander, The, [118]
  • Salt: its Influence, [33]
    • to Spill: its Significance, [139]
  • Scissors Presented as a Gift, [138]
  • Scoreing aboon the Breath, [38]
  • Second Sight, [71]
  • Session: Acts against keeping Yule, [155]
  • Seventh Son a Doctor, [90]
  • Sheep Prevented Casting their Lambs, [84]
  • Sham-in, Ancient Feast of Druids, [175]
  • Shepherds keeping Beltane in Perthshire, [169]
  • Sin Eaters, [60]
  • Speaking Aloud to One's Self, [138]
  • Spell to make a Fire Kindle, [135]
  • Spider, A Legend concerning, [115]
  • Spittle Confirming Bargain, [100]
  • Spittle, Customs connected with, [100]
  • Social Habits of Elfland, [26]
  • Sorcerers, [108]
  • Souls of the Departed, [11]
  • Sooth Sayers, [10]
  • Sow to Meet in the Morning, [120]
  • St. Augustus, [152]
  • St. John's Day Festival, [174]
  • St. John's Wort: a Talisman, [128]
  • Stealing Children and Youths by Fairies, [21]
  • Star Gazers, [10]
  • Stonehenge, [171]
  • Strangers on the Grate, [140]
  • Stye, Cause of, [96]
  • Stye, Cure for, [97]
  • Suicides, Superstition relating to, [85]
  • Sun Worship in Ancient Times, [146]
  • Sun, Primary God of the Ancient, [9]
  • Survival of Sun Worship, [145]
  • Superstitious Rites with a Corpse, [60]
  • Superstition, Meaning of, [2]
  • Swallows, Omens connected with, [112]
  • Sympathetic Cures, [91]
  • Thank-offering for Answer to Prayer, [13]
  • Theory of Curing by Charms, [91]
  • Touching for Disease, [91]
  • Touching of a Corpse to Prevent Dreaming of it, [63]
  • Twin Nuts in One Shell, [136]
  • Visions, Seeing, [72]
  • Visit to Stonehenge on Midsummer, [171]
  • Warts, Cure for, [97]
  • Weighing Children Unlucky, [137]
  • Willow, The, [125]
  • White Butterfly, [115]
  • Wishes Fulfilled, [87]
  • Wishes against Self: an Oath Fulfilled, [88]
  • Withershins, [133]
  • Witches, A, Account of Fairyland, [22]
  • Witches Changing their Shape, [70]
  • Wizards, [10]
  • Wodrow's Opinion on Murdered Corpse Bleeding, [85]
  • Woman Carried away by Fairies in Arran, [29]
  • Wraiths, [58]
  • Written Charms, [91]
  • Yellow Hammer, The, [112]
  • Yule: its Meaning, [149]
  • Yule converted into Christmas, [154]
  • Yule Observances Transferred to New Year's Day, [157]