ix. 203

Bogomiles, a Russian sect, worship each other as embodiments of Christ, i. 407 _sq._

Bogos of East Africa allow no fire in a house after a death, ii. 267 _n._ 4; women of the, will not mention their husbands’ names, iii. 337

Bogota, capital of the Chibchas, i. 416; rigorous training of the heir to the throne of, x. 19

Bohemia, customs as to children’s cast teeth in, i. 180; contagious magic of footprints in, i. 210 _sq._; Midsummer-tree burned in, ii. 66; throwing Death into the water on the fourth Sunday in Lent in, ii. 73 _sq._; Whitsuntide King in, ii. 85; girl called Queen on fourth Sunday in Lent in, ii. 87; the soul as a white bird in, iii. 34; belief as to stepping over a child in, iii. 424; belief as to falling stars in, iv. 66; “burying the Carnival” in, iv. 209; Whitsuntide mummers in, iv. 209 _sqq._; “Carrying out Death” in, iv. 237 _sq._; bringing in Summer in, iv. 246; May-pole or Midsummer-tree in, v. 250; Feast of All Souls in, vi. 72 _sq._; harvest customs in, vii. 138, 145, 149, 150, 225 _sq._, 232, 286, 289; fox’s tongue as amulet in, viii. 270; snake’s tongue cut on St. George’s Eve confers eloquence in, viii. 270; custom as to mice in, viii. 279, 283; the Shrovetide or carnival Bear in, viii. 325 _sq._; sticks or stones piled on scenes of violent death in, ix. 15; precautions against witches on Walpurgis Night in, ix. 161; “Easter Smacks” in, ix. 268, 269; the Three Kings of Twelfth Day in, ix. 330 _sq._; the Festival of Fools in, ix. 336 _n._ 1; water and fire consecrated at Easter in, x. 123 _sq._; bonfires on May Day in, x. 159; Midsummer fires in, x. 173 _sqq._; need-fire in, x. 278 _sq._; charm to make corn grow high in, x. 340; offering to water-spirits on Midsummer Eve in, xi. 28; simples gathered on St. John’s Night in, xi. 49; divination by means of flowers on Midsummer Eve in, xi. 52 _sq._; mugwort at Midsummer in, xi. 59; elder-flowers gathered at Midsummer in, xi. 64; wild thyme gathered on Midsummer Day in, xi. 64; magic bloom of fern-seed at Midsummer in, xi. 66; “thunder besoms” in, xi. 85; fern-seed on St. John’s Day in, xi. 287, 288

Bohemia, the Germans of Western, their phrase for man who cuts last corn,