xi. 92;

a protection against conflagration, x. 248 _sq._, 250, 255, 256, 258; a protection against thunder and lightning, x. 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 258, 264; in Switzerland, x. 249; in Belgium, x. 249; in France, x. 249 _sqq._; helps cows to calve, x. 250, 338; in England, x. 255 _sq._; in Wales, x. 258; among the Servians, x. 258 _sqq._; a protection against witches, x. 258; in Albania, x. 264; privacy of the ceremonial of the, x. 328; explained as a sun-charm, x. 332; made of fir, beech, holly, yew, crab-tree, or olive, xi. 92 _n._ 2

—— Night in Sweden, customs observed on, x. 20 _sq._

—— ram, the, straw-effigy at Christmas in Dalarne, viii. 328

—— straw in Sweden, magical virtues ascribed to, vii. 301 _sq._

Yules, the, in Shetland, ix. 168

_Yumari_, a dance of the Tarahumare Indians, ix. 237 _sq._

Yung-chun, city in China, i. 170

Yungman tribe of Australia, their belief as to the birth of children, v. 101

Yuracares, the, of Bolivia, their superstitions as to the making of pottery, ii. 204; their propitiation of the apes which they have killed, viii. 235 _sq._; take great care of the bones of the animals and fish which they eat,