Fir tree, respect for, II. [86].

Fire, drill, the, II. [194];
fetish, the, II. [192];
walking through, I. 19; II. [317];
ordeal, I. 52;
refusal to give from the house hearth, II. [289];
a scarer of Bhûts, II. [59];
worship of, I. 265; II. [193];
worship of Rahu, I. 19.

First-fruits, II. [307].

Firstborn son, I. 35.

Fish in folk-lore, II. [254];
food of Bhûts, I. 243;
sacred, II. [253];
a vehicle, I. 47; II. [156].

Flagellation, I. 99, 155; II. [34].

Flags, use of, II. [24].

Flesh, human, powers of, II. [171].

Flies. II. [257];
dispelled by a saint, I. 218;
abode of the ghost, II. [257].

Floods and drowning people, I. 46;
propitiation of, I. 46.