vii. 282

Straw, the Yule, vii. 301 _sq._; of Shrovetide Bear used to make geese and hens lay eggs, viii. 326; wrapt round fruit-trees as a protection against evil spirits, ix. 164; tied round trees to make them fruitful, x. 115

Straw-bear at Whittlesey, viii. 329

—— -bull, effigy placed on land of laggard farmer at harvest, vii. 289 _sq._

—— -goat at threshing in Bavaria, vii. 286

—— -man placed on apple-tree on April 24th or 25th, viii. 6

Stream, burial under a running, iii. 15

Streams, menstruous women not allowed to cross running, x. 97; need-fire kindled between two running, x. 292

Strehlitz, in Silesia, athletic sports at harvest near, vii. 76; driving away witches on Good Friday near, ix. 157

Strength of people bound up with their hair, xi. 158 _sq._

Strepsiades in Aristophanes, on the cause of rain, i. 285

Striking or throwing blindfold at corn, cocks, and hens, xi. 279 _n._ 4

String or thread used to tie soul to body, iii. 32 _sq._, 43, 51

String music in religion, v. 54

Strings, knotted, as amulets, iii. 309. _See also_ Cords, Knots, _and_ Threads

_Striped Petticoat Philosophy, The_, x. 6

Stromberg Hill, burning wheel rolled down the, at Midsummer, x. 163

Stromness in the Orkneys, witch at, i. 326

“Strong names” of kings of Dahomey, iii. 374

Strudeli and Strätteli, female spirits of the wood, driven away on Twelfth Night at Brunnen, ix. 165

Strutt, Joseph, on Midsummer fires in England, x. 196

Struys, John, on dances of women during war in Madagascar, i. 131

Stseelis Indians of British Columbia, dread and seclusion of menstruous women among the, x. 89

Stuart, Mrs. A., on withered mistletoe, xi. 287 _n._ 1

Stuart Lake in British Columbia, Tinneh Indians about, x. 47

Stubbes, Phillip, his _Anatomie of Abuses_, ii. 66; on May-poles, ii. 66 _sq._

Stubble-cock, name of harvest-supper in Silesia, vii. 277

Students of Fez, their mock sultan, iv. 152 _sq._

Stuhlmann, Fr., on ceremony at entering a strange land, iii. 109

Stukeley, W., on a Christmas custom at York, xi. 291 _n._ 2

Stumps of felled trees, green sprigs on, ii. 37 _sq._

Stuttgart, saying as to wind in corn near, vii. 292

Styria, belief as to falling stars in, iv. 66; the Corn-mother in, vii. 133; the Corn-goat at harvest in, vii. 283; fern-seed on Christmas night in, xi. 289

Styx, oath by the, iv. 70 _n._ 1; the passage of Aeneas across the, xi. 294

Su-Mu, a tribe of Southern China, said to be governed by a woman, vi. 211 _n._ 2

Sub-totems in Australia, xi. 275 _n._ 1

Subincision, use of blood shed at, i. 92, 94 _sq._; among the aborigines of Central Australia, i. 92, 93, 95, 97, 154; in South-Eastern Australia, i. 202; at initiation of lads in Australia, xi. 227 _sq._, 234, 235

Sublician bridge at Rome, puppets of rushes annually thrown from the,