i. 122

Jukos, the, of Nigeria, kings of, put to death, iv. 34; inoculate themselves before hunting elephants, viii. 160

_Julbuck_, the Yule goat, in Scandinavia, viii. 327

Julian, the Emperor, on the Hercynian forest, ii. 7; his entrance into Antioch, v. 227, 258; on the Mother of the Gods, v. 299 _n._ 3; restores the standard cubit to the Serapeum, vi. 217 _n._ 1

Julian calendar introduced by Caesar, vi. 37, 93 _n._ 1; used by Mohammedans, x. 218 _sq._

—— year, vi. 28

Julii, the, descended from Julus, ii. 179; rivals of the Silvii, ii. 182; as Little Jupiters, ii. 192

Julus, the Little Jupiter, ancestor of the Julii, ii. 179

Julus or Ascanius, the son of Aeneas, ii. 197

July, procession of giants at Douay in, xi. 33

—— the 5th, the Flight of the People at Rome on, ii. 319 _n._ 1

—— the 7th, death of Romulus on, ii. 181; the festival of the _Nonae Caprotinae_ at Rome, ii. 313 _sq._, ix. 258; Lord of Misrule at Bodmin on, ii. 319 _n._ 1

—— the 25th, St. James’s Day, flower of chicory cut on, xi. 71

Jumièges, in Normandy, Brotherhood of the Green Wolf at, x. 185 _sq._, xi. 25

Jumping over wife or children as a ceremony, iii. 112; over wife as a ceremony, iii. 164 _n._ 1, viii. 64, 253, x. 23; over a bonfire, iv. 262; over a woman, significance of, viii. 70 _n._ 1, x. 23. _See also_ Leaping

_Juncus tenuis_ in homoeopathic magic, i. 144

June, named after Juno, ii. 190, 190 _n._ 2; Khasi ceremony of “driving away the plague” in, ix. 173; Mexican human sacrifice in, ix. 283; the fire-walk in, xi. 6

—— the 1st, a Roman festival, ii. 190

—— the 9th, Vesta’s festival on, ii. 127 _n._ 2

—— the 15th, St. Vitus’s Day, x. 335

—— the 29th, St. Peter’s Day, iv. 262

Juneh, magical pool at, where childless couples bathe, ii. 160

Jungle Mother, in Northern India, her shrines consist of piles of stones and branches, ix. 27

Juniper worn by mourners, iii. 143; burned to keep out ghosts, ix. 154 _n._; used to beat people with, ix. 271; burnt in need-fire, x. 288; used to fumigate byres, x. 296

Juniper berries, houses fumigated with, as a protection against witches,