• Aberdeenshire, 60
  
• Adder-stone, (serpent's-egg badge), 11, 27
  
• Ailill, 36-38, 39
  
• Ale, 80, 103
  
• All Hallows Eve, 29, 88, 102, 106. See also Hallowe'en
  
• All Saints', 4, 29-30, 110, 118, 126
  
• All Souls', 4, 30-31, 98-99, 106, 110, 113, 118, 142, 144
  
• Alphabet, 96, 160, 166-167
  
• America, 149, 153
  
• Anaxarete, 24
  
• Angus, 36, 38-39
  
• Ankou, 109, 115
  
• Apollo, 1, 129, 134
  
• Apparitions. See Ghosts
  
• Apples, 23, 26, 50-53, 72, 77-78, 92, 95, 103-104, 106-107, 115, 120, 149, 155, 157-158, 161, 162, 164, 166
  
• Apple-island, 85
  
• Apple-seeds, 92-93, 158-159
  
• Arabs, 147
  
• Ariel, 87
  
• Armorica, 108
  
• Arthur, King, 84, 108
  
• Ash-tree, 63, 105, 122, 137;
  
  • berries of, 29
    
• Ashes, 56, 60, 68, 83
  
• Augury. See Omens
  
• August, Roman festival in, 25-26
  
• August first, Celtic festival of, 15
  
• Augustus, 27
  
• Avilion (Avalon), 84-85, 107
  
• Ayrshire, 68
  

• Baal, 8, 12-13, 17
  
• Baal-fire, 12
  
• Baldur, 120-121
  
• Balmoral, 61
  
• Barra, 79
  
• Bats, 134, 152, 155
  
• Bay-leaves, 170
  
• Bean, 94
  
• Bedivere, 84
  
• Belgian, 144
  
• Beltaine, 12, 79
  
• Bells, 99, 111, 116, 118, 132, 137, 142, 154
  
• Benevento, 131
  
• Bergen, 130
  
• Black, 156
  
• Black sheep, 17, 50
  
• Black sow, 102
  
• "Black vespers," 113
  
• Blindfolded seekers, 33, 70, 73, 77-78, 83, 160
  
• Blocksberg, 130, 141
  
• Boats, 146, 163
  
• Bochica, 1
  
• Bonfires, 3, 8-9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 50, 59-61, 101-102, 125;
  
  • to light through Purgatory, 31, 106;
    
  • to protect from evil, 29, 101
    
• Boniface, 29
  
• Border, Scottish, 62, 81, 111
  
• Bretons, 99, 110-111
  
• Briar, 57
  
• Briar-Rose, 125
  
• Bride, 36
  
• Britain, 5-6, 27, 87, 109, 111
  
• British Isles, 5, 107, 109, 126
  
• Brittany, 108-109, 142, 145, 166
  
• Brynhild, 124
  
• Buchan, 59
  
• Button, 156, 164
  

• Cabbages, 53-54, 70-72, 77, 95, 104, 164, 168-169
  
• Cadwallo, King, 104
  
• Caer, 38
  
• Cæsar, 5-8, 109
  
• Cake, 13, 33, 79, 97-98, 103, 144, 145, 156
  
• Callcannon, 51
  
• Canada, 167
  
• Candlemas Day, 88
  
• Candles, 50, 53, 55, 59, 69, 80, 95-96, 99, 112, 118, 145, 155, 158, 163
  
• Cardiganshire, 102
  
• Carnutes, 109
  
• Cat, 11, 49, 66, 68, 134, 152, 155, 164
  
• Catskill Mts., 150
  
• Celtic twilight, 58
  
• Celts, classes of, 5;
  
  • beliefs, 6, 15, 18, 30, 33, 79, 82, 107-110, 124, 125, 142;
    
  • characteristics of, 115, 119
    
• Cemeteries, 54-55, 113-114, 142
  
• Changelings, 35-36, 86
  
• Charms. See Omens
  
• Chartrain, 109
  
• Cherokees, 3
  
• Chinese, 145
  
• Christ, 4-5, 27, 119
  
• Christian religion, 3, 27-31, 50, 59, 83, 101, 109, 126, 129;
  
  • in Britain, 27, 129;
    
  • in Ireland, 42;
    
  • in Brittany, 109;
    
  • in Scandinavia, 126
    
• Christmas, 3, 97, 110, 154
  
• Church, 3-4, 30-31, 80, 89, 113, 118, 143, 144;
  
  • festivals, 3
    
• Circle, 8
  
• Claudius, 27
  
• Cluny, 30
  
• Coel Coeth, 101
  
• Coins, 51-52, 72, 156
  
• Colonies, 149
  
• Columb Kill. See St. Colomba
  
• Connaught, 35
  
• Continent, 3, 118
  
• Corn, 138;
  
  • -stalks, 155
    
• Cornwall, 85, 108
  
• Creed, 55
  
• Crom Croich (Cruaich), 20-21
  
• Cross, sun-symbol, 8;
  
  • Christian, 29, 42, 63, 137;
    
  • -roads, 65, 103, 137
    
• Cruachan, 35, 37
  
• Cuchulain, 41-42, 84
  
• Cuckoos, 134, 139-140
  
• Cyniver, 105, 168
  

• Dagda, 39
  
• Dahut, 111
  
• Dance, 3, 44, 56, 61, 67, 80, 81-82, 103, 106, 126, 133
  
• Danann. See Tuatha De Danann
  
• Danu, 20
  
• Dathi, 43
  
• Dead, 19-20, 30, 37, 98-99, 109-117, 129, 142 et seq.;
  
  • return, 4, 99, 107, 114-117, 145, 146, 149;
    
  • disturbed by weeping, 117, 145
    
• Death, 10, 112, 156;
  
  • Lord of. See Saman.
    
  • Samhain associated with, 20-21, 30-31;
    
  • prophesied, 52, 57, 60, 65, 83, 102, 106
    
• Decoration of graves, 118, 144
  
• Delphi, 129, 134
  
• Derbyshire, 99
  
• Deux-Sèvres, 109
  
• Devil, 43, 50, 55, 57, 66-68, 89, 102, 133-135, 140
  
• Dew, 136, 139
  
• Dietrich von Bern, 131
  
• Dishes, 73, 83, 104, 165, 168
  
• Dispater, 109
  
• Dissatisfied, 39-40, 57-58, 132, 141
  
• Djinns, 147-148
  
• Doll, wax, 151
  
• Dolmens, 110
  
• Dorsetshire, 99
  
• Dovrefeld, 130
  
• Dragon, 145
  
• Dreams, 140;
  
  • prophetic, 14, 57, 79, 165, 169
    
• Drink, 57, 79
  
• Druid, meaning, 6-7;
  
  • draught, 42;
    
  • festivals, 11, 26, 101;
    
  • lamps, 73;
    
  • stone, 11;
    
  • stones, 110;
    
  • wand, 7;
    
  • -fire, 50, 166
    
• Druids, 9-11, 29, 42-43, 92, 103, 109-110, 122-123, 126;
  
  • as priests, 5-6;
    
  • powers of, 7, 27
    
• "Drus," 6
  
• Dumb-cake, 80, 168
  
• Dwarfs, 110
  

• Earth, 54, 83, 165
  
• Edane, 47. See also Etain
  
• Edda, 124
  
• Egg, 165, 167;
  
  • white of, 77-78, 168;
    
  • -shells, 36
    
• Egyptian beliefs, 1, 18
  
• Eichstatt, 136
  
• Elder, 123, 137
  
• Elizabeth, Queen, 99
  
• Elm, 63
  
• Elves, 121, 149, 152
  
• Emer, 42
  
• England, 87, 89, 97, 99, 106, 108, 119, 144
  
• English, 149
  
• Eochaidh, 39-40
  
• Episcopalians, 30
  
• Eriskay, 81
  
• Etain, 39-40
  
• Ethal, 38
  
• Europe, 87, 130, 135, 142, 145
  
• Excalibur, 84
  
• Exorcism, 9, 29, 42
  

• Fagots, 96, 169
  
• Fairies, 6, 44, 46, 49, 61-65, 81-82, 84-85, 96, 103, 107, 110, 149
  
• Fand, 41-42
  
• Fates, 89, 123, 134
  
• Feast, of dead, 116, 143;
  
  • of poor, 144
    
• Feng-Shin, 145
  
• Feralia, 114
  
• Fern, 14, 59
  
• Finistère, 110, 117
  
• Fir Bolgs, 20
  
• Fire, 21, 23, 45, 123-125;
  
  • -god, 120;
    
  • spirits of, 147
    
• Fires, 11, 17, 28-29, 50, 52, 101, 109, 112. See also Bonfires
  
• Flamina, 25
  
• Flour, 52, 57, 154, 158
  
• Flowers, 118, 144
  
• Fomor, 20, 35
  
• Footprints, 57, 60, 83
  
• "Forced-fire," 17
  
• Fort Worth, 170
  
• Forts, fairy, 37, 44, 46
  
• France, 108, 110, 112, 118, 131, 142
  
• Franks, 111
  
• "Free-night," 141, 154
  
• Freya, 120, 127, 129, 131, 134
  
• "Furious Host," 131
  
• Future, questions about, 34, 69
  

• Gabriel Ratchets, 90
  
• Gaul, 5-6, 27, 109, 119
  
• Germans, 119
  
• Germany, 130, 131, 134, 136, 144
  
• Ghosts, 49, 63, 69, 76-77, 88, 116, 127, 144, 146, 152, 155. See also Dead
  
• Glass, 10-11, 96, 166
  
• Gnomes, 48
  
• Goat, 67-68, 134
  
• Goblin, 35-36, 61, 64, 149, 153
  
• Gods of Ireland. See Tuatha De Danann
  
• "Good Neighbors," 63
  
• "Good People," 45, 49
  
• Goths, 119
  
• Grallon, 111
  
• Great Britain. See Britain
  
• Greek, 1, 5, 6, 30, 85, 120
  
• Gregory, 29-30
  
• Guleesh, 46
  
• Gunnar, 124
  

• Hair, 77, 96, 138, 166-167
  
• Hallowe'en, 3-4, 35, 43, 46, 49-50, 61, 64-66, 68, 72, 79, 81, 85, 89, 90, 95-96, 99, 103, 105, 106, 112, 129, 138, 140, 142, 144, 149, 152, 154, 164, 165, 170;
  
  • pagan, 3, 21;
    
  • charms at, 26, 33, 53, 56;
    
  • born on, 54, 62
    
• Hallowe'en, poem, 70, 168
  
• Hansel and Grethel, 134
  
• Hares, 135
  
• Hartz Mts., 130
  
• Harvest, 3-4, 15, 17, 25, 30-31, 34, 59, 69, 97, 106, 112, 137, 155
  
• Hawthorn, 123, 137
  
• Hazel, 85
  
• Hearts, 156
  
• Hebrides, 79
  
• Hel, 122, 131
  
• Hemp, 14, 33, 53, 74
  
• Henry VIII, 99
  
• Henry Hudson, 150
  
• Herbs, 46-47, 53, 66, 126, 129-130
  
• Herne the Hunter, 90
  
• Herodotus, 5
  
• Hesperides, 85
  
• Highlands, 59, 65, 77
  
• Hodur, 121
  
• Holda, 131-132, 136
  
• Holiday, 61
  
• Hollow Land, 41
  
• Holly, 63
  
• Hoop, 157
  
• Horselberg, 131
  
• Horseshoes, 138, 152
  
• Horus, 1
  
• Husking-bees, 3
  

• Iceland, 125
  
• Idun, 120
  
• Immortality, 10, 85, 107, 120
  
• Indians, 3, 145, 150
  
• Invocation, 21, 92
  
• Iona, 50
  
• Iphis, 24
  
• Ireland 3, 5, 13, 15, 17, 20, 35, 48-50, 59, 62, 72-73, 78-80, 104, 107, 127, 170;
  
  • belief in fairies, 6, 35
    
• Irish Sea, 20
  
• Iron, 152
  
• Italy, 119, 131, 142
  
• Ivy, 57